cicade

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cycade, from Latin cicada.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌsiˈkaː.də/
  • cicade(file)
  • Hyphenation: ci‧ca‧de
  • Rhymes: -aːdə

Noun

cicade f (plural cicaden or cicades, diminutive cicadetje n)

  1. cicada, any of the Cicadoidea, insects of the order Hemiptera
  2. (in Classicist style) a cricket

References
  1. P.A.F. van Veen en N. van der Sijs, Etymologisch woordenboek. De herkomst van onze woorden, Van Dale (publ. 1997, 2nd ed.).

Romanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃiˈkade]

Noun

cicade f

  1. inflection of cicadă:
    1. indefinite plural
    2. indefinite genitive/dative singular
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