Meanings
cicala1
plural cicalas · alternative cicale
- A cicada.
The shrill cicalas, people of the pine, / Making their summer lives one ceaseless song […]
1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, III.1061 more example
She recalled the old hall, with its storied frescoes—the woods, where so many mornings had passed so happily away—the little river, where they used to launch their light boats, made of the green rushes which grew beside; she recalled the blithe chirp of the cicala in the fragrant grass—and the gleam of the fire-flies, glittering by twilight amid the boughs of the myrtle.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 227-228
Cicala2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounstout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
cicala · noun
- Classical Latincicāda
- Early Medieval Latincicāla
- Italiancicala
- Occitancicala
- Englishcicala
Derived from Italian cicala and Occitan cicala. Doublet of cicada.
Full word history & related roots →Cicala · proper noun
- ItalianCicala
- EnglishCicala
Borrowed from Italian Cicala.
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Cite this entry
cicala. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cicala
“cicala.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cicala. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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