cicada

Meaning of cicada

noun

a large homopterous insect with long transparent wings, found chiefly in warm countries. The male cicada makes a loud, shrill droning noise by vibrating two membranes on its abdomen.

late Middle English: from Latin cicada, cicala .

Information about cicada

It is a name.
The plural form of cicada is: cicadas.
Languages in which cicada is used:
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Hyphenation of cicada

ci-cada

It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
cicada is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

cicada synonyms

Meaning cicala:

cicala

Translation of cicada

German: Zikade
French: cigale
Spanish: cigarra
Italian: cicala
Portuguese: cigarra

Words that rhyme with cicada

Estacada, taccada, magicicada, estocada

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