Meaning
tricycle
- a three-wheeled pedal-driven cycle, especially designed for young children
- any three-wheeled velocipede or light transport vehicle
In a sentence
Il bambino impara a pedalare nel cortile con il suo nuovo triciclo.
The child is learning to pedal in the courtyard with his new tricycle.
Hai visto dove ha lasciato il triciclo rosso tuo fratello?
Did you see where your brother left the red tricycle?
Da piccolo non usavo la bicicletta, preferivo correre con il triciclo.
As a child I didn't use a bicycle; I preferred racing around on my tricycle.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| triciclo | masculine · singular |
| tricicli | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Standard stress falls on the first syllable: TRÌ-ci-clo, though tri-CÌ-clo is common in colloquial speech.
- Plural is tricicli.