cicada
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Latin cicādabor.
English cicada
Borrowed from Latin cicāda, ultimately onomatopoeic. Doublet of cicala.
Inflected forms:
form: cicadas
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cicadae
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: cicadæ
pos: noun
tags: archaic
plural
form: cicad
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.
pos: noun
examples: Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.
gloss: Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.
pos: noun
examples: The emergence years of the principal cicada broods have now been recorded for a long time, and the oldest record of a swarm is that of the appearance of the “locusts” in New England two hundred and ninety-five years ago.
Last year, the Brood I cicadas were found in Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee. The cicadas that will emerge in New Jersey this year are part of Brood II or The East Coast Brood. They will also be found in Connecticut, Maryland, North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
Synonyms: cicala
harvest fly
jarfly
lyreman
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:
lang: Afrikaans
word: sonbesie
lang: Ainu
word: ヤキ
roman: yaki
lang: Albanian
word: gjinkallë
lang: Arabic
word: زِيز
roman: zīz
lang: Armenian
word: կնճիթավոր ճպուռ
roman: knčitʻavor čpuṙ
lang: Armenian
word: ցիկադա
roman: cʻikada
lang: Old Armenian
word: ճպուռն
roman: čpuṙn
lang: Assamese
word: জিলী
roman: zili
lang: Asturian
word: cantariella
lang: Asturian
word: chicharra
lang: Asturian
word: cigarra
lang: Belarusian
word: цыка́да
roman: cykáda
lang: Bengali
word: উচ্চিংড়ে
roman: ucciṅṛe
lang: Bulgarian
word: цикада
roman: cikada
lang: Bulgarian
word: жътвар
roman: žǎtvar
lang: Burmese
word: ပုစဉ်းရင်ကွဲ
roman: pu.cany:rangkwai:
lang: Catalan
word: cigala
lang: Cebuano
word: gangis
lang: Chepang
word: लीर्
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎶᎶ
roman: lolo
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 蟬 /蝉
roman: chán
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 知了
roman: zhīliǎo
lang: Czech
word: cikáda
lang: Danish
word: cikade
lang: Dutch
word: cicade
lang: Esperanto
word: cikado
lang: Estonian
word: tirt
lang: Estonian
word: tsikaad
lang: Finnish
word: laulukaskas
lang: French
word: cigale
lang: Friulian
word: ciale
lang: Galician
word: carricanta
lang: Galician
word: cantaruxa
lang: Galician
word: chicharra
lang: Galician
word: cantariña
lang: German
word: Zikade
lang: Greek
word: τζιτζίκι
roman: tzitzíki
lang: Ancient Greek
word: τέττιξ
roman: téttix
lang: Hindi
word: शलभ
roman: śalabh
lang: Hindi
word: सिकाडा
roman: sikāḍā
lang: Hindi
word: झींगुर
roman: jhīṅgur
lang: Hindi
word: झीँगुर
roman: jhī̃gur
lang: Hungarian
word: kabóca
lang: Ilocano
word: andidit
lang: Indonesian
word: tonggeret
lang: Italian
word: cicala
lang: Japanese
word: 蝉
roman: semi
lang: Japanese
word: セミ
roman: semi
lang: Javanese
word: tonggèrèt
lang: Khmer
word: រៃ
roman: rɨy
lang: Korean
word: 매미
roman: maemi
lang: Korean
word: 쓰르라미
roman: sseureurami
lang: Lao
word: ຈັກຈັ່ນ
roman: chak chan
lang: Latin
word: cicāda
lang: Latvian
word: cikāde
lang: Lithuanian
word: cikada
lang: Macedonian
word: цикада
roman: cikada
lang: Malagasy
word: jorery
lang: Malay
word: reriang
lang: Malayalam
word: ചീവീട്
roman: cīvīṭŭ
lang: Manchu
word: ᠪᡳᠶᠠᠩᠰᡳᡴᡡ
roman: biyangsikū
lang: Māori
word: tātarakihi
lang: Mirandese
word: checharra
lang: Mudburra
word: nirrungarda
lang: Navajo
word: wóóneeshchʼįįdii
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: sikade
lang: Occitan
word: cigala
lang: Pangasinan
word: andirit
lang: Persian
word: زنجره
roman: zanjere
lang: Polish
word: cykada
lang: Portuguese
word: cigarra
lang: Punjabi
word: ਬੀਂਡਾ
roman: bīṇḍā
lang: Romanian
word: cicadă
lang: Romanian
word: cicoare
lang: Russian
word: цика́да
roman: cikáda
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: цврчак
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: цикада
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: cvrčak
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: cikada
lang: Slovak
word: cikáda
lang: Slovene
word: škržat
lang: Spanish
word: chicharra
lang: Spanish
word: chicharra)
lang: Spanish
word: coyuyo
lang: Swedish
word: cikada
lang: Tagalog
word: kulilis
lang: Tagalog
word: kuliglig
lang: Tektiteko
word: chinkli'
lang: Thai
word: จักจั่น
roman: jàk-gà-jàn
lang: Turkish
word: ağustos böceği
lang: Ukrainian
word: цика́да
roman: cykáda
lang: Unami
word: pasalànkè
lang: Vietnamese
word: ve sầu
lang: Volapük
word: zikad
lang: Zhuang
word: bid