bike
Mane
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- Clipping of bicycle.
- Clipping of motorbike.
- (slang) Ellipsis of village bike.
Pircarînî
Wekî (IPA) tê gotin
/baɪk/
Etîmolojî
From bicycle, by shortening, and possibly alteration. Attested from 1882. One explanation for the pronunciation is that bicycle is parsed to bi(cy)c(le). An alternative explanation is that bicycle is shortened to bic(ycle), and the terminal [s] is converted to a [k] because there is an underlying underspecified [k]/[s] sound, which is softened to [s] in bicycle but retained as [k] in bike; compare the letter ‘c’ (used for [k]/[s]).
Related words
Bilêvkirina xwe baştir bikin
Dest bi hînbûna îngilîzî bi learnfeliz .
Axaftin û ezberkirina " bike "û gelek peyv û hevokên din di îngilîzî de pratîk bikin.
Biçe rûpela qursa me ya îngilîzî
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