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motocicletă

motorcycle /mo.to.tʃi.ˈkle.tə/

noun#2839 most common

Also: motorbike

Example sentences

Am o motocicletă.
I have a motorcycle.
El conduce o motocicletă roșie.
He rides a red motorcycle.
Motocicleta mea este parcată în fața casei.
My motorcycle is parked in front of the house.
Ne-am plimbat cu motocicleta pe șosea toată după-amiaza.
We rode the motorcycle on the highway all afternoon.
Dacă aș fi avut suficienți bani, aș fi cumpărat motocicleta aceea sport.
If I had had enough money, I would have bought that sports motorcycle.
Zgomotul asurzitor al motocicletelor care treceau în trombă pe stradă îi tulbura somnul în fiecare noapte.
The deafening noise of the motorcycles roaring past on the street disturbed his sleep every night.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativemotocicletămotociclete
Genitivemotocicletemotocicletelor
Accusativemotocicletămotociclete
Vocativemotocicletămotociclete

Word family

motociclistmotorcyclist
motociclismmotorcycling (the sport/activity)
motoinformal short form for motorcycle
bicicletăbicycle

Etymology

Romanian borrowed "motocicletă" from French "motocyclette" in the early twentieth century, as motor vehicles spread across Europe. The French word itself joined "moto-" (from "motocycle", built on Latin "motor", mover) with "cyclette", a diminutive of "cycle". The result described a small motor-driven cycle, distinct from the pedal-powered "bicyclette".

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