cigarra

From Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a, from Latin cicāda. The unstressed /i/ is a bit unusual and may reflect Mozarabic influence.

• Rhymes: -aʁɐ
• Hyphenation: ci‧gar‧ra

cigarra f (plural cigarras)

1. cicada (any of several insects of the order Hemiptera)

From Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a, from Latin cicāda. Doublet of chicharra, which arrived via Mozarabic. The unstressed /i/ is a bit unusual and may reflect Mozarabic influence.

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θiˈɡara/ [θiˈɣ̞a.ra]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /siˈɡara/ [siˈɣ̞a.ra]
• Rhymes: -ara
• Syllabification: ci‧ga‧rra

cigarra f (plural cigarras)

1. cicada

• Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “cigarra”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 72

• “cigarra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16