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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