risciò

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a phonetic adaptation of English rickshaw, from Japanese 力(りき)車(しゃ) (rikisha), a clipping of 人(じん)力(りき)車(しゃ) (jinrikisha, literally “vehicle pulled by a person's power”), from Middle Chinese 人 (nyin, “person”) + 力 (lik, “strength, power”) + 車 (tsyhæ, “cart, vehicle”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

risciò m (invariable)

  1. rickshaw, jinriksha

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