cri-cri — meaning in English
French → English · translate English → French instead
English meaning
- cricket noun A small jumping insect related to grasshoppers, known for the chirping sound the males make by rubbing their wings together.
Senses
cri-cri is used for these senses in English:
- cricket An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
cricket — full definition
- noun A small jumping insect related to grasshoppers, known for the chirping sound the males make by rubbing their wings together.
- noun A bat-and-ball team sport, popular across England and the Commonwealth, played on a large oval field with a wicket at each end.
- noun Fair or sportsmanlike behaviour (from the phrase "not cricket").