bicicleta
See also: bicicletă
Asturian
Etymology
From French bicyclette.
Noun
bicicleta f (plural bicicletes)
- bicycle
- Synonym: bici
Catalan
Etymology
From French bicyclette.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /bi.siˈklə.tə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /bi.siˈklɛ.tə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /bi.siˈkle.ta/
Audio (Catalonia) (file)
Noun
bicicleta f (plural bicicletes)
- bicycle
Derived terms
- bicicleta de muntanya
- bicicleta estàtica
- manxa de bicicleta
Related terms
- bici
- tricicle
Further reading
- “bicicleta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “bicicleta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “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.
Galician
Etymology
From French bicyclette.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
bicicleta f (plural bicicletas)
- bicycle
- Synonym: bici
Further reading
- “bicicleta” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Occitan
Etymology
From French bicyclette. From the 19th century.[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
bicicleta f (plural bicicletas) (Languedoc, Limousin)
- bicycle
- Synonyms: vèlo (Languedoc), velò (Limousin)
Related terms
- velocipède
See also
- ciclista
References
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2016, page 83.
Portuguese
uma bicicleta
pontapé de bicicleta
Alternative forms
- biciclete
Etymology
Borrowed from French bicyclette,[1][2] from Latin bi- (“two”) + Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, wheel”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /bi.siˈklɛ.tɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /bi.siˈklɛ.ta/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bi.siˈklɛ.tɐ/, /bɨ.siˈklɛ.tɐ/
- Rhymes: -ɛtɐ
- Hyphenation: bi‧ci‧cle‧ta
Noun
bicicleta f (plural bicicletas)
- bicycle (vehicle)
- (soccer) bicycle kick (a kick in which the kicker leans backwards and kicks the ball back over his head)
Derived terms
- bicla
- bici
Related terms
- velocípede, triciclo, motocicleta
References
- “bicicleta” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “bicicleta” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bit͡ʃiˈkleta]
Noun
bicicleta f
- definite nominative/accusative singular of bicicletă
Spanish
Etymology
From French bicyclette, from Latin bi- (“two”) + Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, wheel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /biθiˈkleta/ [bi.θiˈkle.t̪a]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /bisiˈkleta/ [bi.siˈkle.t̪a]
Audio (Colombia) (file) - Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: bi‧ci‧cle‧ta
Noun
bicicleta f (plural bicicletas)
- (exercise, vehicles) bicycle, pushbike, cycle
- Synonyms: bici; see also Thesaurus:bicicleta
- andar/montar en bicicleta ― to ride a bike
- (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)
- (climbing) bicycle
Usage notes
- (soccer): Bicicleta is a false friend, and does not mean bicycle kick. The Spanish word for bicycle kick is chilena.
Hyponyms
- bicicleta balona
- bicicleta de montaña
- bicicleta de reparto
- bicicleta elíptica
- bicicleta estática
- bicicleta fija (“exercise bike”)
Derived terms
- aparcabicicletas
- bici
- bicicletada
- si mi abuela tuviera ruedas, sería una bicicleta
Related terms
- triciclo
Descendants
- → Cebuano: bisikleta
- → Hiligaynon: bisikleta
- → Tagalog: bisikleta
Further reading
- “bicicleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
bicicleta on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es