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la bicicletta
bicycle
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How do you say bicicletta in Italian?
How do you pronounce bicicletta in Italian?
bicicletta is pronounced /la bitʃiˈkletta/ in Italian.
Example sentences
La mia bicicletta nuova è rossa e molto veloce.
My new bicycle is red and very fast.
La bicicletta blu che ho comprato ieri è già rotta.
The blue bicycle that I bought yesterday is already broken.
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Why is it feminine?
Bicicletta is feminine because it ends in "-etta," a productive Italian diminutive suffix that is inherently feminine. This word is a modern coinage (late 19th century) formed from "bi-" (meaning two) and "cycletta" (related to "cyclus," meaning wheel/cycle). The "-etta" ending, which derives from Latin feminine diminutive patterns, automatically assigns feminine gender to the word in Italian.
What is the Italian word for bicycle?
The Italian word for bicycle is la bicicletta — feminine.
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