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CROSS BIKE [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
DEF

A bicycle which incorporates features of a mountain bike and a conventional racing model.

CONT

The cross bike offers the sturdiness of a mountain bike and the lightness of a racer.

OBS

The term "cross bike" is created by collocation (adjective + noun) to form one unit of meaning to convey one notion.

OBS

We suggest the adjective "hybride" in French to translate the English adjective "cross" because "hybride" means "composé de deux éléments de nature différente anormalement réunis ..." (Le Petit Robert, 1989) The definition for "hybride" satisfactorily conveys to a French-speaking audience the same message that the word "cross" does to an English-speaking audience.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Néologie et emprunts

Spanish

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