risciò
Italian
Alternative forms
- ricsciò (uncommon)
- ricsiò (uncommon)
- ricsò (uncommon)
Etymology
From a phonetic adaptation of English rickshaw, from Japanese 力車 (rikisha), an abbreviation of 人力車 (jinrikisha, literally “vehicle pulled by a person's power”), from Middle Chinese 人 (nyin, “person”) + 力 (lik, “strength, power”) + 車 (tsyhæ, “cart, vehicle”).
![](Images/wiktionary/JapaneseRickshaw.jpg.webp)
una vecchia foto raffigurante due risciò giapponesi
- an old photo representing two Japanese rickshaws
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /riʃˈʃɔ/, /riʃˈʃo/[1]
Noun
risciò m (invariable)
- rickshaw, jinriksha
Further reading
risciò on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
References
- the second pronunciation, though very common, is incorrect.
Anagrams
- risico, risicò
- sorici