cigale
French, noun/si.ɡal/
cigale is spelled C-I-G-A-L-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 32,719th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cigale is a French feminine noun meaning “cicada (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Insecte ailé de la famille des cicadidés, commun dans les régions méditerranéennes”.
What does cigale mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecicada (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Insecte ailé de la famille des cicadidés, commun dans les régions méditerranéennes. 2. Personne qui ne se soucie guère de l’avenir, en opposition à la fourmi et en référence à la fable de La Fontaine. 3. Manille fixée sur le jas d'une ancre pour y fixer une chaîne ou un câble, organeau.
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 cigale
- cigales plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cigale?
- /si.ɡal/
- /siˈɡa.lə/
- \si.ɡal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cigale
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cigale in French?
cigale appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).