bicicleta

Etymology edit

From French bicyclette.

Noun edit

bicicleta f (plural bicicletes)

1. bicycle

   Synonym: bici

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French bicyclette.

Pronunciation edit

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bi.siˈklɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bi.siˈklə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [bi.siˈkle.ta]

• Audio (Catalonia)

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Noun edit

bicicleta f (plural bicicletes)

1. bicycle

Derived terms edit

• bicicleta de muntanya
• bicicleta estàtica
• manxa de bicicleta

Related terms edit

• bici
• tricicle

Further reading edit

• “bicicleta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “bicicleta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “bicicleta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bicicleta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology edit

From French bicyclette.

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

bicicleta f (plural bicicletas)

1. bicycle

   Synonym: bici

Further reading edit

• “bicicleta” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Etymology edit

From French bicyclette. From the 19th century.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

bicicleta f (plural bicicletas) (Languedoc, Limousin)

1. bicycle

   Synonyms: vèlo (Languedoc), velò (Limousin)

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See also edit

References edit

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

bicicleta

Wikipedia ^pt

uma bicicleta

pontapé de bicicleta

Alternative forms edit

• biciclete

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French bicyclette,^[1][2] from Latin bi- (“two”) + Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, wheel”).

Pronunciation edit

• Rhymes: -ɛtɐ
• Hyphenation: bi‧ci‧cle‧ta

Noun edit

bicicleta f (plural bicicletas)

1. bicycle (vehicle)
2. (soccer) bicycle kick (a kick in which the kicker leans backwards and kicks the ball back over his head)

Derived terms edit

• bicla
• bici

Related terms edit

• velocípede, triciclo, motocicleta

References edit

Pronunciation edit

• IPA^(key): [bit͡ʃiˈkleta]

Noun edit

bicicleta f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of bicicletă

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French bicyclette, from Latin bi- (“two”) + Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, wheel”).

Pronunciation edit

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /biθiˈkleta/ [bi.θiˈkle.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /bisiˈkleta/ [bi.siˈkle.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: bi‧ci‧cle‧ta

Noun edit

bicicleta f (plural bicicletas)

1. (exercise, vehicles) bicycle, pushbike, cycle

   Synonyms: bici; see also Thesaurus:bicicleta

   andar/montar en bicicleta ― to ride a bike

2. (soccer) step over, pedalada (a dribbling move, or feint, in football (soccer), used to fool a defensive player into thinking the offensive player, in possession of the ball, is going to move in a direction he does not intend to move in)
3. (climbing) bicycle

Usage notes edit

• (soccer): Bicicleta is a false friend, and does not mean bicycle kick. The Spanish word for bicycle kick is chilena.

Hyponyms edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

• → Cebuano: bisikleta
• → Hiligaynon: bisikleta
• → Tagalog: bisikleta

Further reading edit

• “bicicleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• bicicleta on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es