bicis
bikes, bicycles
noun BEE-sees Rare
Origin: Plural of bici, clipped from bicicleta.
Usage Note
Bicis is simply the plural of the informal bici. The seed lists the gender as masculine, but as a plural of the feminine noun bici, the word is feminine (las bicis). It is used freely in spoken Spanish wherever bicicletas would sound overly formal.
Examples
"Las bicis estaban aparcadas en la plaza."
Natural Translation
The bikes were parked in the square.
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