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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch cycade, from Latin cicada.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌsiˈkaː.də/
- Hyphenation: ci‧ca‧de
- Rhymes: -aːdə
Noun
cicade f (plural cicaden or cicades, diminutive cicadetje n)
- cicada, any of the Cicadoidea, insects of the order Hemiptera
- (in Classicist style) a cricket
References
- ^ P.A.F. van Veen en N. van der Sijs, Etymologisch woordenboek. De herkomst van onze woorden, Van Dale (publ. 1997, 2nd ed.).
Romanian
Pronunciation
Noun
cicade f
- inflection of cicadă:
- indefinite plural
- indefinite genitive/dative singular