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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

三輪車

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sanrinsha

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Tricycle/ˈtraɪ.sɪ.kəl/
nounCEFR A2 (Elementary)Top #4500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"子供が公園で三輪車に乗っています。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A vehicle with three wheels, typically propelled by pedals and used chiefly by young children.

    "The little boy rode his red tricycle up and down the driveway."
  2. 2

    A heavy three-wheeled vehicle, sometimes motorized, used for carrying goods or passengers.

    "Delivery workers in the narrow streets often use a cargo tricycle."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from French 'tricycle', formed from the prefix tri- (meaning 'three', from Greek tri- and Latin tris) and Greek kyklos (meaning 'wheel' or 'circle'). It entered the English language in the late 19th century during the bicycle boom to describe three-wheeled human-powered vehicles.

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