Greek edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɾi.ci.klo/
  • Hyphenation: τρί‧κυ‧κλο

Etymology 1 edit

Learned borrowing from French tricycle from Ancient Greek τρι- (tri-) & κύκλος (kúklos).[1] By surface analysis, τρί- (trí-) +‎ κύκλ(ος) (kýkl(os)) + suffix -ο for neuters. Also see the adjective τρίκυκλος (tríkyklos).

Noun edit

τρίκυκλο (tríkyklon (plural τρίκυκλα)

  1. three-wheeled vehicle
    1. three-wheeler
    1. motorcycle combination, motorcycle and sidecar
    2. (uncommon) tricycle (three-wheeled bicycle)
  1. (generally) anything with three wheels or three cycles
Declension edit
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Etymology 2 edit

Inflectional form.

Adjective edit

τρίκυκλο (tríkyklo)

  1. Accusative masculine singular form of τρίκυκλος (tríkyklos).
  2. Nominative, accusative and vocative neuter singular form of τρίκυκλος (tríkyklos).

References edit

  1. ^ τρίκυκλοΛεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.