biciclo
Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French bicycle. By surface analysis, bi- (“two”) + -ciclo (“cycle”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]biciclo m (plural bicicli)
- (historical) velocipede, penny-farthing (or any old-fashioned bicycle)
- Hypernym: veicolo
Further reading
[edit]- biciclo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- biciclo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- bicìclo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- biciclo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- “bicìclo”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Etymology tree
Borrowed from French bicycle. By surface analysis, bi- + -ciclo.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /biˈθiklo/ [biˈθi.klo] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain)
- IPA(key): /biˈsiklo/ [biˈsi.klo] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -iklo
- Syllabification: bi‧ci‧clo
Noun
[edit]biciclo m (plural biciclos)
- penny farthing
- Hypernym: vehículo
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “biciclo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- biciclo - Definición - WordReference.com
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- it:Cycling
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- Rhymes:Spanish/iklo
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