risciò

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Italian

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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 (nyin, person) + (lik, strength, power) + (tsyhæ, cart, vehicle).

una vecchia foto raffigurante due risciò giapponesi
an old photo representing two Japanese rickshaws

Pronunciation

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

Noun

risciò m (invariable)

  1. rickshaw, jinriksha

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