risciò
Italian
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”).
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una vecchia foto raffigurante due risciò giapponesi
- an old photo representing two Japanese rickshaws
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /riʃˈʃɔ/, /riʃˈʃo/[1]
Further reading
risciò on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
References
- the second pronunciation, though very common, is incorrect.
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