derailleur
pronunciation
How to pronounce derailleur in British English:
UK [dɪˈreɪljə(r)]
How to pronounce derailleur in American English:
US [dɪˈrelɚ]
Word Origin
- derailleur (n.)
- type of bicycle gear mechanism, 1930, from French dérailleur (1927), from dérailler "to go off the rails" (see derail).
Example
- 1. The rear derailleur has two jobs to accomplish .
- 2. Suntour was the preferred derailleur maker in the export market .
- 3. Suntour became the largest derailleur manufacturer in japan .
- 4. Invention of the slant parallelogram rear derailleur .
- 5. I said much the same thing in my derailleur articles in " bicycling " magazine .