cicala

American  

[si-kah-luh, chee-kah-lah] / sɪˈkɑ lə, tʃiˈkɑ lɑ /

noun

plural

cicalas,

plural

cicale

1. cicada.

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cicala British  

/ tʃiˈkala, sɪˈkɑːlə /

noun

1. another name for cicada

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Etymology

Origin of cicala

< Italian < Latin cicāda cicada

Example Sentences

Not a sound to be heard, save the incessant motion of the fan, which is, to this season, what is the cicala to the hot hour of noon.

From One Of Them by Lever, Charles James

They had not gone far from the capital ere they plunged into a deep, dark, silent forest—silent save for the strangely monotonous song of the cicala, and so for miles, and so for many leagues.

From Wild Adventures in Wild Places by Stables, Gordon

There is nothing which indicates that he cares for nature in any of its phases, and he calls the cicala a locust.

From Critical Studies by Ouida

A cicala in the grass outside began his evening note of challenge.

From The Outcaste by Penny, F. E.

Everything that lived or grew, was oppressed by the glare; except the lizard, passing swiftly over rough stone walls, and the cicala, chirping his dry hot chirp, like a rattle.

From Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles