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- [si-key-duh, -kah-]
- /sɪˈkeɪ də, -ˈkɑ-/
- /sɪˈkɑː.də/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [si-key-duh, -kah-]
- /sɪˈkeɪ də, -ˈkɑ-/
Definitions of cicada word
- countable noun cicada A cicada is a large insect that lives in hot countries and makes a loud high-pitched noise. 3
- noun cicada any large broad insect of the homopterous family Cicadidae, most common in warm regions. Cicadas have membranous wings and the males produce a high-pitched drone by vibration of a pair of drumlike abdominal organs 3
- noun cicada any of a family (Cicadidae) of large, flylike homopteran insects with transparent wings: the male makes a loud, shrill sound by vibrating a special organ on its undersurface 3
- noun plural cicada any large homopterous insect of the family Cicadidae, the male of which produces a shrill sound by means of vibrating membranes on the underside of the abdomen. 1
- noun cicada A large homopterous insect with long transparent wings, occurring chiefly in warm countries. The male cicada makes a loud shrill droning noise after dark by vibrating two membranes on its abdomen. 1
- noun cicada large flying insect 1
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Origin of cicada
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Latin cicāda
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Parts of speech for Cicada
noun
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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cicada popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
cicada usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cicada
noun cicada
- cicala — cicada.
- dog-day cicada — any of several cicadas of the genus Tibicen, that have distinctive songs commonly heard during July and August.
- periodical cicada — seventeen-year locust.
- grasshopper — any of numerous herbivorous, orthopterous insects, especially of the families Acrididae and Tettigoniidae, having the hind legs adapted for leaping and having chewing mouth parts, some species being highly destructive to vegetation. Compare locust (def 1), long-horned grasshopper.
- insect — any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air-breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.
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