stridulation

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/ˌstɹɪdjʊˈleɪʃən/

noun

A high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers make by rubbing certain body parts together.

OriginLatin strīdulus →
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Meanings

nounstridulation (countable and uncountable, plural stridulations)

plural stridulations

  1. countableuncountableA high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers make by rubbing certain body parts together.

    The Demons were crying now too, a stridulation that rose above the clamor and seemed to pierce the skull.

    1994, John Christopher, A Dusk of Demons

Origin

  1. Latinstrīdulus“giving a shrill sound, creaking”
  2. Englishstridulation

1838, from earlier term stridulous; from Latin strīdulus (“giving a shrill sound, creaking”), from strīdō (“utter a shrill or harsh sound; creak, shriek, grate, hiss”).

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Translations

Arabic صَرِير
  • صَرِير (ṣarīr)chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers
Bulgarian цвърчене
  • цвърчене (cvărčene)chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers
Catalan estridulació
  • estridulacióchirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers
Czech stridulace
  • stridulacechirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers
Dutch stridulatie
  • stridulatiechirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers
Finnish stridulaatio
  • stridulaatiochirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers
French stridulation
  • stridulationchirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers
German Stridulation
  • Stridulationchirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers
Hebrew צִרְצוּר
  • צִרְצוּר (tsirtsúr)chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers
Hungarian striduláció
  • stridulációchirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers
Indonesian stridulasi
  • stridulasichirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers
Latin stridulatio
  • stridulatiochirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers
Malay stridulasi
  • stridulasichirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers
Māori kitā
  • kitāchirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers
Persian جیرجیر
  • جیرجیر (jirjir)chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers
Polish strydulacja
  • strydulacjachirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers
Portuguese estridulação
  • estridulaçãochirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers
Russian стридуляци́я
  • стридуляци́я (striduljacíja)chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers
Slovak stridulácia
  • striduláciachirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers
Spanish estridulación
  • estridulaciónchirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers
Swedish stridulation
  • stridulationchirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers
Cite this entry
APA

stridulation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stridulation

MLA

“stridulation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stridulation. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stridulation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stridulation.

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