cigala

See also: çigala

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin cicāla, from Latin cicāda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [siˈɣa.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [siˈɣa.la]

Noun

cigala f (plural cigales)

1. cicada
2. (vulgar) cock, penis
3. the Mediterranean slipper lobster (Scyllarides latus), an edible crustacean
4. (Valencia) Norway lobster

   Synonym: escamarlà

5. (nautical) the ring or shackle which attaches an anchor to the rode or cable

Derived terms

• cigaló

Further reading

• “cigala” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cigala” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Alternative forms

• cigalo (Mistralian spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin cicāla, from Latin cicāda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈɡalo/

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Noun

cigala f (plural cigalas)

1. cicada

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan cigala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θiˈɡala/ [θiˈɣ̞a.la]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /siˈɡala/ [siˈɣ̞a.la]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: ci‧ga‧la

Noun

cigala f (plural cigalas)

1. Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

Related terms

• cigarra

 

Further reading

• “cigala”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014