cicada

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cicada

/sɪˈkeɪ.də/ UK
/sɪˈkɑː.də/ UK
[sɪˈkʰeɪ̯.də] UK
[sɪˈkʰɑː.də] UK
/sɪˈkeɪ.də/ US
/sɪˈkɑ.də/ US
[sɪ̈ˈkʰeɪ̯.ɾə] US
[sɪ̈ˈkʰɑ.ɾə] US
/səˈkɐː.də/ Australia
/səˈkæɪ.də/ Australia
[səˈkʰɐː.ɾə] Australia
[səˈkʰæɪ̯.ɾə] Australia

Rhymes with -eɪdə, -ɑːdə

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Borrowed from Latin cicāda, ultimately onomatopoeic. Doublet of cicala.

noun cicadas · cicadae · cicadæ · cicad

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

Similar: cicala, harvest fly, jarfly, lyreman

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noun

Similar: cicala, harvest fly, jarfly, lyreman

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noun any of several insects of the order Hemiptera

Español	chicharra, chicharra), coyuyo
한국어	매미 maemi, 쓰르라미 sseureurami
日本語	蝉 semi, セミ semi
中文	蟬 /蝉 chán, 知了 zhīliǎo
हिन्दी	शलभ śalabh, सिकाडा sikāḍā, झींगुर jhīṅgur, झीँगुर jhī̃gur
Português	cigarra
Français	cigale
Deutsch	Zikade
Italiano	cicala
Ελληνικά	τζιτζίκι tzitzíki
Română	cicadă, cicoare
Русский	цика́да cikáda
Tiếng Việt	ve sầu
العربية	زِيز zīz

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@misc{cicada_2026,
  title = {cicada},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cicada},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}