cicala

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Italian cicala and Occitan cicala.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (UK) IPA: /sɪˈkɑːlə/

Noun [edit]

cicala (plural cicalas)

  1. A cicada.
    • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, III.106:
      The shrill cicalas, people of the pine, / Making their summer lives one ceaseless song [...].

Italian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Vulgar Latin *cicāla, from Latin cicāda.

Noun [edit]

cicala f (plural cicale)

  1. cicada

Related terms [edit]

Verb [edit]

cicala

  1. third-person singular present indicative of cicalare
  2. second-person singular imperative of cicalare

Anagrams [edit]

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