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Etymology

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    From biciklo (bicycle) + -i.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /biˈt͡sikli/
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    • Rhymes: -ikli
    • Syllabification: bi‧ci‧kli

    Verb

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    bicikli (present biciklas, past biciklis, future biciklos, conditional biciklus, volitive biciklu)

    1. (intransitive) to cycle (on a bicycle)

    Conjugation

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    Conjugation of bicikli
      present past future
    singular plural singular plural singular plural
    tense biciklas biciklis biciklos
    active participle biciklanta biciklantaj biciklinta biciklintaj biciklonta biciklontaj
    acc. biciklantan biciklantajn biciklintan biciklintajn biciklontan biciklontajn
    nominal active participle biciklanto biciklantoj biciklinto biciklintoj biciklonto biciklontoj
    acc. biciklanton biciklantojn biciklinton biciklintojn biciklonton biciklontojn
    adverbial active participle biciklante biciklinte biciklonte
    infinitive bicikli imperative biciklu conditional biciklus

    Further reading

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    Hungarian

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    Etymology

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    From German dialectal Bizykel, from English bicycle, coined from bi- (two) +‎ Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, circle, wheel), on the pattern of tricycle. Suffixed with -i to resolve the word-final consonant cluster, compare cetli from Bavarian zettl or German Zettel (/⁠ˈt͡sɛtl̩⁠/) etc.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [ˈbit͡sikli], [ˈbit͡siɡli]
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    • Hyphenation: bi‧cik‧li
    • Rhymes: -li

    Noun

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    bicikli (plural biciklik)

    1. bicycle
      Synonyms: (somewhat formal) kerékpár, (informal) bringa, (informal) bicaj, (informal) bicó, (slang) canga

    Usage notes

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    • The /k/ is often pronounced [ɡ], this is the source of the common misspelling *bicigli.
    • See also usage notes at pingpong.

    Declension

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    Possessive forms of bicikli
    possessor single possession multiple possessions
    1st person sing. biciklim biciklijeim(or bicikliim)
    2nd person sing. biciklid biciklijeid(or bicikliid)
    3rd person sing. biciklije biciklijei(or biciklii)
    1st person plural biciklink biciklijeink(or bicikliink)
    2nd person plural biciklitek biciklijeitek(or bicikliitek)
    3rd person plural biciklijük biciklijeik(or bicikliik)

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Pannonian Rusyn: бициґли (bicigli)

    Further reading

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    • bicikli in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
    • bicikli in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    bicikli

    1. plural of biciklo

    Serbo-Croatian

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    Noun

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    bicìkli (Cyrillic spelling бицѝкли)

    1. nominative/vocative plural of bicikl