Ever wonder how people say “cicada” around the world. According to Google Translate, here’s how to say “cicada” in 44 different languages.
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Afrikaans: sonbesie
Armenian: ts’ikada
Belarusian: cykady
Bulgarian: tsikada
Catalan: cigala
Chinese: Chán
Czech: cikáda
Dutch: cicade
Estonian: tsikaad
Filipino: kuliglig
Finnish: laulukaskas
French: cigale
Galician: cigarra
German: Zikade
Greek: tzitzÃki
Haitian Creole: sigal
Hindi: Sikada
Hungarian: kabóca
Indonesian: tonggeret
Italian: cicala
Japanese: Semi
Kannada: Rekkeya
Korean: maemi
Latvian: cikade
Macedonian: cikada
Malay: Cengkerik
Maori: Tatarakihi
Polish: cykada
Portuguese: cigarra
Romanian: greier
Russian: tsikada
Serbian: cikada
Slovak: Cikada
Spanish: cigarra, chicharra
Swedish: cikada
Ukrainian: tsykada
Vietnamese: con ve
Last edited 3/29/2021.
15 replies on “How to say cicada around the world”
Kia ora (greetings), in the Maori language, indigenous to New Zealand, the word is Tatarakihi, Cicada 🙂 I’d love it if you could add it to the list please.
A great addition! Added.
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Can u add how to say in Telugu
Google translate says “SikÄá¸Ä” or సికాడా. It makes sense that it sounds like the English cicada because the English word is based not the Latin word “cicada”, and the Latin “cicada” is based on the Sanskrit “cizara”.
I grew up in a farm in Costarica ( tropical weather ) and I remember when I was little running around Granmas house hearing cicadas ( chicharras ) and i could listen to them for ours as they were sitting on a tree and make a noise very much well known in Costarica and it just was part of my childhood memories, I even grab one and held it by the wings , no harm just to look at it , they are just cool insects but wasn’t aware of the fact that they come out every 17 years and so on , very interesting and will continue paying attention to this event ,
Very good information, including the species found around the world!
Please make the correction of the ‘Hindu’ language to ‘Hindi’.
The common language of north India and much of Pakistan is Hindi (not Hindu – which is a faith/religion).
Thanks! Fixed.
In Iran they called “Jirjirak”. In the south of Iran they called “Chanz”.
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The Zambian name for Cicadas is Nyenye(singular) and Banyenye(Plural). They appear every year from September to October.
@Daniel, thank you!
In Uruguay we call rhem Chicharra
In dutch, cicades that make sounds in their adult stage are called: “Krekel”. I used the dutch spelling.
Thanks heaps for this, Dan — very interesting and potentially useful.