English Explanatory Dictionary

cicada

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.
The periodical cicada.

Pronunciation

/sɪˈkeɪ.də/ /sɪˈkɑː.də/ [sɪˈkʰeɪ̯.də] [sɪˈkʰɑː.də] /sɪˈkɑ.də/ [sɪ̈ˈkʰeɪ̯.ɾə] [sɪ̈ˈkʰɑ.ɾə] en-us-cicada.ogg

Word forms

cicada cicadas cicadae cicadæ cicad

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin cicādabor. English cicada Borrowed from Latin cicāda, ultimately onomatopoeic. Doublet of cicala.

Synonyms

Related words

cricket grasshopper locust

Derived words

bladder cicada cicadabird cicada case cicada-geddon cicada hawk cicada killer dog-day cicada evening cicada hairy cicada periodical cicada resh cicada swamp cicada

Translations

Afrikaans: sonbesie Ainu: ヤキ Albanian: gjinkallë Arabic: زِيز Armenian: կնճիթավոր ճպուռ Armenian: ցիկադա Old Armenian: ճպուռն Assamese: জিলী Asturian: cantariella Asturian: chicharra Asturian: cigarra Belarusian: цыка́да Bengali: উচ্চিংড়ে Bulgarian: цикада Bulgarian: жътвар Burmese: ပုစဉ်းရင်ကွဲ Catalan: cigala Cebuano: gangis Chepang: लीर् Cherokee: ᎶᎶ Chinese Mandarin: 蟬 /蝉 Chinese Mandarin: 知了 Czech: cikáda Danish: cikade Dutch: cicade Esperanto: cikado Estonian: tirt Estonian: tsikaad Finnish: laulukaskas French: cigale Friulian: ciale Galician: carricanta Galician: cantaruxa Galician: chicharra Galician: cantariña German: Zikade Greek: τζιτζίκι Ancient Greek: τέττιξ Hindi: शलभ Hindi: सिकाडा Hindi: झींगुर Hindi: झीँगुर Hungarian: kabóca Ilocano: andidit Indonesian: tonggeret Italian: cicala Japanese: 蝉 Japanese: セミ Javanese: tonggèrèt Khmer: រៃ Korean: 매미 Korean: 쓰르라미 Lao: ຈັກຈັ່ນ Latin: cicāda

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