cicala

English

Etymology

From Italian cicala and Occitan cicala.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /sɪˈkɑːlə/

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 […]

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Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *cicāla, from Latin cicāda.

Noun

cicala f (plural cicale)

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

Verb

cicala

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

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