cigale

French

Une cigale.

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan cigala, from Vulgar Latin *cicāla, from Latin cicāda.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /si.ɡal/
(Southern France) IPA^(key): /siˈɡa.lə/
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Noun

cigale f (plural cigales)

cicada (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)

Derived terms

cigale de mer
cigale d’eau

Further reading

“cigale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

Galice

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