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Portuguese
Etymology
From mono- + -ciclo, from Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”) and κύκλος (kúklos, “circle; wheel”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iklu
- Hyphenation: mo‧no‧ci‧clo
Noun
monociclo m (plural monociclos)
- unicycle (one-wheeled pedaled cycle)
Further reading
- “monociclo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “monociclo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “monociclo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “monociclo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “monociclo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “monociclo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French monocycle, from mono- + Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos). By surface analysis, mono- + -ciclo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /monoˈθiklo/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /monoˈsiklo/
- Rhymes: -iklo
- Syllabification: mo‧no‧ci‧clo
Noun
monociclo m (plural monociclos)
- unicycle
- Synonym: uniciclo
Further reading