bici

See also: bicí, biči, biç̌i, and bǐcǐ

Catalan

Etymology

From bicicleta, by shortening.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbi.si]
• 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, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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)‎ (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:

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Noun

bici n (plural bice)

1. whip, horsewhip, scourge

Declension

Declension of bici

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

• Audio (Venezuela):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iθi
• Rhymes: -isi
• 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], 2024 December 10