three-wheeler

[ three-whee-ler, -wee- ]

noun

1. a vehicle equipped with three wheels, as a tricycle, a motorcycle with a sidecar, or some small, experimental, or early-model cars.

three-wheeler

noun

1. a light car that has three wheels

Word History and Origins

Origin of three-wheeler¹

1885–90; three wheel(s) + -er ¹

Example Sentences

It is as Cockney as a Pearly Queen in a three-wheeler Del Boy van.

From BBC

The aerodynamic design and light fiberglass body — only 900 pounds — also gave the three-wheeler less than half the drag of conventional cars at the time, according to car news site Autoevolution.com.

From Washington Times

Still, Ghate thinks that India’s swift move to smaller electric vehicles can serve as a template for other emerging economies that are two- and three-wheeler nations, like Indonesia, the Philippines and some African countries.

From Seattle Times

More than 90% of its 2.3 million electric vehicles are the cheaper and more popular two- or three-wheelers — that’s motorbikes, scooters and rickshaws — and over half of India’s three-wheeler registrations in 2022 were electric, according to an IEA report released in April.

From Seattle Times

Over half of India's three-wheeler registrations in 2022 were electric, according to the study.

From Reuters