risciò

Italian

Alternative forms

• ricsciò, ricsiò, 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”).

una vecchia foto raffigurante due risciò giapponesi

an old photo representing two Japanese rickshaws

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /riʃˈʃɔ/^*
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Hyphenation: ri‧sciò

Noun

risciò m (invariable)

1. rickshaw, jinriksha

Further reading

• risciò on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Anagrams

• riciso, ricsiò, risico, risicò, sorici