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Cicala


Ci-ca′la

(chē̍-kä′lȧ)
,
Noun.
[It., fr. L.
cicada
.]
A cicada. See
Cicada
.
“At eve a dry cicala sung.”
Tennison.

Definition 2024


cicala

cicala

English

Noun

cicala (plural cicalas)

  1. A cicada.
    • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, III.106:
      The shrill cicalas, people of the pine, / Making their summer lives one ceaseless song [...].

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cicāla, from Latin cicāda.

Noun

cicala f (plural cicale)

  1. cicada
  2. (vulgar, regional) ****, pussy

Related terms

Verb

cicala

  1. third-person singular present indicative of cicalare
  2. second-person singular imperative of cicalare

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