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

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

From The Outcaste by Penny, F. E.

The blue campanula of the mountain in reverence bowed its head; the great white lily distilled incense from its deep heart; the cicala shrilled aloud; the Forsaken Bird gave a long note from the thicket.

From Japanese Fairy Tales by James, Grace

He seemed to ask for nothing better than to stroll through orange groves, or lie under some spreading fig-tree, drowsily soothed by the song of the vine-dresser, or the unwearied chirp of the cicala.

From A Rent In A Cloud by Lever, Charles James

—With thee to lead me, O Day of mine, Down the grass path gray with dew,210 Under the pine-wood, blind with boughs, Where the swallow never flew Nor yet cicala dared carouse— No, dared carouse!

From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Reynolds, Myra

The cicala sang in the flower of the pomegranate, the frog sang by the pond.

From Japanese Fairy Tales by James, Grace