Meaning

2 senses
  1. Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.

    Zikade

    цика́даcikáda

    цика́даcykáda

  2. Any of several insects in the superfamily Cicadoidea, with small eyes wide apart on the head and transparent well-veined wings.

    The periodical cicada.

More definitions
  • stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone

Examples

31 sentences
  1. Do you know what cicadas are?

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  2. Do you know what a cicada is?

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  3. I think it's a cicada.

    ruЯ думаю, это цикада.

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  4. The cicada has represented insouciance since antiquity.

    З давніх часів цикада символізує безтурботність.

    ruС древних времён цикада символизирует беззаботность.

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  5. Cicadas aren't harmful to humans.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
any of several insects of the order Hemiptera:
Русский
By meaning 1
any of several insects of the order Hemiptera:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
any of several insects of the order Hemiptera:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin cicāda, ultimately onomatopoeic. Doublet of cicala.

Borrowed from Latin cicāda, ultimately onomatopoeic. Doublet of cicala.

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Forms

plural: cicadas / cicadae
Singularcicada
Pluralcicadas / cicadae

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone:cicala

Word family

19 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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