ciclomotor
Catalan
Etymology
Calque of French cyclomoteur. By surface analysis, ciclo- + motor.
Pronunciation
Noun
ciclomotor m (plural ciclomotors)
- moped
- Hypernym: motocicleta
Further reading
- “ciclomotor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ciclomotor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “ciclomotor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French cyclomoteur. By surface analysis, ciclo- + motor.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /si.klo.moˈtoʁ/ [si.klo.moˈtoh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /si.klo.moˈtoɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /si.klo.moˈtoʁ/ [si.klo.moˈtoχ]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /si.klo.moˈtoɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /si.klɔ.muˈtoɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /si.klɔ.muˈto.ɾi/
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Hyphenation: ci‧clo‧mo‧tor
Noun
ciclomotor m (plural ciclomotores)
- moped (lightweight, two-wheeled motor vehicle)
Further reading
- “ciclomotor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “ciclomotor”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
- “ciclomotor”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “ciclomotor”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “ciclomotor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French cyclomoteur. By surface analysis, ciclo- + motor.
Noun
ciclomotor n (plural ciclomotoare)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | ciclomotor | ciclomotorul | ciclomotoare | ciclomotoarele | |
| genitive-dative | ciclomotor | ciclomotorului | ciclomotoare | ciclomotoarelor | |
| vocative | ciclomotorule | ciclomotoarelor | |||
Spanish
Etymology
Calque of French cyclomoteur. By surface analysis, ciclo- + motor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θiklomoˈtoɾ/ [θi.klo.moˈt̪oɾ] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
- IPA(key): /siklomoˈtoɾ/ [si.klo.moˈt̪oɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: ci‧clo‧mo‧tor
Noun
ciclomotor m (plural ciclomotores)
Further reading
- “ciclomotor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025