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bicicletă
bicycle /bi.t͡ʃi.ˈkle.tə/
noun#2342 most common
Also: bike
Example sentences
Eu am o bicicletă.
I have a bicycle.
Copilul merge cu bicicleta la școală.
The child goes to school by bicycle.
Am reparat roata bicicletei mele în weekend.
I fixed my bicycle's wheel over the weekend.
Dacă vremea e frumoasă, preferăm să mergem cu bicicletele prin parc.
If the weather is nice, we prefer to ride our bicycles through the park.
Deși orașul a construit piste noi, mulți bicicliști consideră că infrastructura pentru biciclete rămâne insuficientă.
Although the city built new lanes, many cyclists think the infrastructure for bicycles remains insufficient.
Dacă autoritățile ar fi investit mai devreme în infrastructură dedicată bicicletei, numărul accidentelor rutiere s-ar fi redus semnificativ.
If the authorities had invested earlier in infrastructure dedicated to the bicycle, the number of road accidents would have dropped significantly.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bicicletă | biciclete |
| Genitive | bicicletei | bicicletelor |
| Accusative | bicicleta | bicicletele |
| Vocative | bicicleto | biciclete |
Word family
biciclistmale cyclist
biciclistăfemale cyclist
a merge cu bicicletato ride a bicycle
motocicletămotorcyclepistă pentru bicicletebike lane
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "bicicletă" from French "bicyclette," a word French coined in the late 19th century from "bi-" (two) and "cycle." "Cycle" itself comes from Greek "kyklos," meaning circle or wheel. The French diminutive ending "-ette" became Romanian "-etă" through normal borrowing patterns.
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