Meaning
5 sensesA support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim.
Speiche
спи́цаspíca
спи́цяspýcja, шпи́цяšpýcja
support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim
A projecting handle of a steering wheel.
A rung of a ladder.
one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder
A stick inserted into the wheel of a vehicle to keep the wheel from turning.
One of the outlying points in a hub-and-spoke model of transportation.
Examples
9 sentencesOne of the spokes on my bicycle is broken.
Don't put your hands in the spokes.
One of my bike's spokes has bust.
deAn meinem Fahrrad ist eine Speiche gerissen.
She's always putting spokes in other people's wheels.
ruОна вечно вставляет всем палки в колеса.
One of the spokes on my bike has gone.
deAn meinem Fahrrad ist eine Speiche gerissen.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English spoke, from Old English spāca, from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, fromFrom Middle English spoke, from Old English spāca, from Proto-West Germanic *spaikā, from Proto-Germanic *spaikō. Compare Scots spaik (“spoke”), Dutch spaak and English spike.
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Forms
plural: spokesSynonyms
4 synonyms- support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim:wheel spokeradius
- one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder:rundlerung