Bike/Bicycle – le vélo

To remember that Bike is pronounced vay-low (vélo) in French, use the following mnemonic:

The bike was ridden by a smartly dressed fellow (vélo).

Vélo is masculine, so it's le vélo. Imagine the early learner has crashed his bike.

Examples of vélo (bike/bicycle) in a sentence

Je vais au travail en vélo.

(I go to work by bike.)

Peux-tu ranger ton vélo dans le garage?

(Can you put your bike in the garage?)

Quelqu'un a volé mon vélo.

(Someone stole my bike.)