cigala

From Vulgar Latin *cicāla, from Latin cicāda.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /siˈɡa.lə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /siˈɡa.la/

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.

• cigaló

• “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.

• cigalo (Mistralian)

From Old Occitan (compare Catalan cigala), from Vulgar Latin *cicāla (compare Italian cicala), from Latin cicāda.

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cigala f (plural cigalas)

1. cicada

From Vulgar Latin *cicāla, from Latin cicāda. Cognate with English cicada.

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

cigala f (plural cigalas)

1. Norway lobster (Nephrops norvegicus)

• cigarra

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