risciò

Italian

Alternative forms

ricsciò, ricsiò, ricsò (uncommon)

Etymology

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

una vecchia foto raffigurante due risciò giapponesi

an old photo representing two Japanese rickshaws

Pronunciation

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

Noun

risciò m (invariable)

rickshaw, jinriksha

References

Anagrams

riciso, ricsiò, risico, risicò, sorici

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