risciò

Italian

Alternative forms

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 人 (nyin, “person”) + 力 (lik, “strength, power”) + 車 (tsyhæ, “cart, vehicle”).

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /riʃˈʃɔ/, /riʃˈʃo/[1]

Noun

risciò m (invariable)

  1. rickshaw, jinriksha

Further reading

References
  1. the second pronunciation, though very common, is incorrect.

Anagrams
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