cigale
French
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Une cigale.
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Occitan cigala, from Vulgar Latin *cicāla, from Latin cicāda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /si.ɡal/
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Noun
cigale f (plural cigales)
- cicada (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Derived terms
- cigale de mer
Further reading
- “cigale”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- Galice