cicindèle
French, noun/si.sɛ̃.dɛl/
cicindèle is spelled C-I-C-I-N-D-È-L-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written French, the 304,757th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cicindèle is a French feminine noun meaning “tiger beetle (of genus Cicindela)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom donné à des coléoptères prédateurs, rapides à la course et à fortes mandibules, appartenant au genre…”.
What does cicindèle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetiger beetle (of genus Cicindela)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom donné à des coléoptères prédateurs, rapides à la course et à fortes mandibules, appartenant au genre Cicindela ou à des genres voisins comme Cylindera.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cicindèle
- cicindèles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cicindèle?
- /si.sɛ̃.dɛl/
- \si.sɛ̃.dɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cicindèle in French?
cicindèle appears about once in every 95 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).