Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

balm-cricket

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.22 in modern English

Syllables: balm-crick-et
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any cicada (Cicadoidea spp.).

Etymology

From German Baum (“tree”) and cricket.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Baum

Inflected Forms

balm-crickets (plural)

Questions

What does balm-cricket mean?: Any cicada (Cicadoidea spp.).
Where does balm-cricket come from?: It is traced to German.

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