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)

1. 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