The cicada has represented insouciance since antiquity.
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Cicada
//sɪˈkeɪ.də//
Synonyms for "cicada" (8 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Related words (4)
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91 translations across 72 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- sonbesie noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Ainu
1 entries- ヤキ noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Albanian
1 entries- gjinkallë noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- τέττιξ noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Arabic
1 entries- زِيز noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Armenian
2 entries- կնճիթավոր ճպուռ noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
- ցիկադա noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Assamese
1 entries- জিলী noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Belarusian
1 entries- цыка́да noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Bengali
1 entries- উচ্চিংড়ে noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Bulgarian
2 entries- жътвар noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
- цикада noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Burmese
1 entries- ပုစဉ်းရင်ကွဲ noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Catalan
1 entries- cigala noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Cebuano
1 entries- gangis noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Chepang
1 entries- लीर् noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎶᎶ noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 知了 noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
- 蟬 /蝉 noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Czech
1 entries- cikáda noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Danish
1 entries- cikade noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Dutch
1 entries- cicade noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Esperanto
1 entries- cikado noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Estonian
2 entries- tirt noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
- tsikaad noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Finnish
1 entries- laulukaskas noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
French
1 entries- cigale noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Friulian
1 entries- ciale noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Galician
4 entries- cantariña noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
- cantaruxa noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
- carricanta noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
- chicharra noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
German
1 entries- Zikade noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Greek
1 entries- τζιτζίκι noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Hindi
4 entries- झीँगुर noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
- झींगुर noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
- शलभ noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
- सिकाडा noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Hungarian
1 entries- kabóca noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Ilocano
1 entries- andidit noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Indonesian
1 entries- tonggeret noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Italian
1 entries- cicala noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Japanese
2 entries- セミ noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
- 蝉 noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Javanese
1 entries- tonggèrèt noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Khmer
1 entries- រៃ noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Korean
2 entries- 매미 noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
- 쓰르라미 noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Lao
1 entries- ຈັກຈັ່ນ noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Latin
1 entries- cicāda noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Latvian
1 entries- cikāde noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Lithuanian
1 entries- cikada noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Macedonian
1 entries- цикада noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Malagasy
1 entries- jorery noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Malay
1 entries- reriang noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Malayalam
1 entries- ചീവീട് noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Manchu
1 entries- ᠪᡳᠶᠠᠩᠰᡳᡴᡡ noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Mirandese
1 entries- checharra noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Mudburra
1 entries- nirrungarda noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Māori
1 entries- tātarakihi noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Navajo
1 entries- wóóneeshchʼįįdii noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- sikade noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Occitan
1 entries- cigala noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Old Armenian
1 entries- ճպուռն noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Pangasinan
1 entries- andirit noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Persian
1 entries- زنجره noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Polish
1 entries- cykada noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Portuguese
1 entries- cigarra noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਬੀਂਡਾ noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Romanian
2 entries- cicadă noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
- cicoare noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Russian
1 entries- цика́да noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- cikada noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
- cvrčak noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
- цврчак noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
- цикада noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Slovak
1 entries- cikáda noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Slovene
1 entries- škržat noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Spanish
3 entries- chicharra noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
- chicharra) noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
- coyuyo noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Swedish
1 entries- cikada noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Tagalog
2 entries- kuliglig noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
- kulilis noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Thai
1 entries- จักจั่น noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Turkish
1 entries- ağustos böceği noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Ukrainian
1 entries- цика́да noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Unami
1 entries- pasalànkè noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Vietnamese
1 entries- ve sầu noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Volapük
1 entries- zikad noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Zhuang
1 entries- bid noun (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Will you shut up, hellish cicada?
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I think it's a cicada.
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The cicada nymph was caught in a spider web, grew wings and flew away.
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