Esperanto

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Etymology

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From biciklo (bicycle) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [biˈt͡sikli]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ikli
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ci‧kli

Verb

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bicikli (present biciklas, past biciklis, future biciklos, conditional biciklus, volitive biciklu)

  1. (intransitive) to cycle (on a bicycle)

Conjugation

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From German dialectal bizykel, from English bicycle, coined from bi- (two) +‎ Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, circle, wheel), on the pattern of tricycle. Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/⁠ˈt͡sɛtl̩⁠/) etc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbit͡sikli], [ˈbit͡siɡli]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: bi‧cik‧li
  • Rhymes: -li

Noun

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bicikli (plural biciklik)

  1. bicycle
    Synonyms: (somewhat formal) kerékpár, (informal) bringa, (informal) bicaj, (informal) bicó, (slang) canga

Usage notes

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  • The /k/ is often pronounced [ɡ], this is the source of the common misspelling *bicigli.
  • See also usage notes at pingpong.

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative bicikli biciklik
accusative biciklit bicikliket
dative biciklinek bicikliknek
instrumental biciklivel biciklikkel
causal-final bicikliért biciklikért
translative biciklivé biciklikké
terminative bicikliig biciklikig
essive-formal bicikliként biciklikként
essive-modal
inessive bicikliben biciklikben
superessive biciklin bicikliken
adessive biciklinél bicikliknél
illative biciklibe biciklikbe
sublative biciklire biciklikre
allative biciklihez biciklikhez
elative bicikliből biciklikből
delative bicikliről biciklikről
ablative biciklitől bicikliktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
biciklié bicikliké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
bicikliéi biciklikéi
Possessive forms of bicikli
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. biciklim biciklijeim(or bicikliim)
2nd person sing. biciklid biciklijeid(or bicikliid)
3rd person sing. biciklije biciklijei(or biciklii)
1st person plural biciklink biciklijeink(or bicikliink)
2nd person plural biciklitek biciklijeitek(or bicikliitek)
3rd person plural biciklijük biciklijeik(or bicikliik)

Derived terms

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Compound words
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Further reading

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  • bicikli in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • bicikli in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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bicikli

  1. plural of biciklo