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bicicletta

bicycle

noun bee-chee-KLET-tah Less Common

Origin: French bicyclette

Usage Note

Bicicletta is the standard word; the shortened bici (invariable in the plural: le bici) is common in everyday speech. Andare in bicicletta (to ride a bicycle) uses the preposition in, not su. The plural biciclette is regular.

Examples

"Vado al lavoro in bicicletta ogni giorno."

Natural Translation

I go to work by bicycle every day.

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