cyclo
/saɪ.kloʊ/noun
cyclo is a noun meaning “A tuk-tuk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-Y-C-L-O and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 6 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of cyclo is cyclos.
What does cyclo mean?
noun
- 1
A tuk-tuk.
- 2
A cycle rickshaw
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce cyclo?
- UK /sʌɪ.klə(ʊ)/
- US /saɪ.kloʊ/
- US /saɪ.klə/
Cyclo has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-cyclo-.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of cyclo
- cycl-
- cyclos plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is cyclo?
Cyclo appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 74,122nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Cyclo in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense circle:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does cyclo come from?
From cycle + -o.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).