tricycle
/tˈɹɪsɪkəl/TRIH-sih-kuhl
/tˈɹɪsɪkəl/TRIH-sih-kuhl
Meaningthree wheels
Common meaning: a pedal machine with three wheels
- trithree
- cycla ring, circle, wheelLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 856 · scan
‘three’ + ‘a ring, circle, wheel’ → tricycle
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Greek κύκλος ‘a ring, circle, wheel’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry κύκλος, p. 856 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry ENCYCLOPAEDIA, p. 190 · dictionary scan
Roots
- κύκλος Greek “a ring, circle, wheel”
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