bici

See also: bicí, biči, biç̌i, and bǐcǐ

Albanian

Noun

bici

1. inflection of bic:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite dative/ablative singular

Catalan

Etymology

From bicicleta, by shortening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbi.si]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -isi

Noun

bici f (plural bicis)

1. (colloquial) clipping of bicicleta: bike

Derived terms

• carril bici

Further reading

• “bici”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Etymology

Clipping of bicicleta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiθi/

Noun

bici f (plural bicis)

1. bike (bicycle)

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbit͡si/

Noun

bici

1. plural of bico

Italian

Etymology

From bicicletta, by shortening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.t͡ʃi/
• Rhymes: -itʃi
• Hyphenation: bì‧ci

Noun

bici f (invariable)

1. clipping of bicicletta: bike (bicycle)

Anagrams

• cibi

Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish bici.

Noun

bici

1. bike, bicycle

   Synonym: (archaic) caballu kaa

References

• Aguilar Feria, Martimiana; García Rojas, Vicente; Erickson de Hollenbach, Elena (2017), Diccionario mixteco de Magdalena Peñasco (Saꞌan Ñuu Savi) (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 50)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 6

Nupe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bì.t͡ʃí/

Noun

bìcí

1. leg
2. foot

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.t͡ɕi/
• Rhymes: -it͡ɕi
• Syllabification: bi‧ci

Participle

bici

1. virile nominative/vocative plural of bity

Portuguese

Etymology

From bicicleta, by shortening.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.si/

Noun

bici f (plural bicis)

1. (Brazil) clipping of bicicleta: bike

   Synonym: bicla

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic бичь (bičĭ), from Proto-Slavic *bičь.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

bici n (plural bice)

1. whip, horsewhip, scourge

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	bici	biciul		bice	bicele
genitive-dative	bici	biciului		bice	bicelor
vocative	biciule			bicelor

Spanish

Etymology

Shortening of bicicleta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiθi/ [ˈbi.θi] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈbisi/ [ˈbi.si] (Latin America, Philippines)

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iθi (Spain)
• Rhymes: -isi (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: bi‧ci

Noun

bici f (plural bicis)

1. clipping of bicicleta: bike

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bicicleta

Derived terms

• carril bici

Descendants

• → Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec: bici

Further reading

• “bici”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024