Dictionary

stridulation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌstɹɪdjʊˈleɪʃən/

Etymology

1838, from earlier term stridulous; from Latin strīdulus (“giving a shrill sound, creaking”), from strīdō (“utter a shrill or harsh sound; creak, shriek, grate, hiss”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A high-pitched chirping, grating, hissing, or squeaking sound, as male crickets and grasshoppers make by rubbing certain body parts together.
   • The Demons were crying now too, a stridulation that rose above the clamor and seemed to pierce the skull. 1994, John Christopher, A Dusk of Demons:

Forms

Relateds

stridulate · stridulous

Translations (23)

id stridulasi (chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers) · sk stridulácia (chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers) · nl stridulatie (chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers) · ca estridulació (chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers) · cs stridulace (chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers) · ru стридуляци́я (chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers) · fi stridulaatio (chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers) · pl strydulacja (chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers) · sv stridulation (chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers) · ar صَرِير (chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers) · la stridulatio (chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers) · ms stridulasi (chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers) · sl stridulácija (chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers) · mi kitā (chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers) · pt estridulação (chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers) · gl estridulación (chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers) · de Stridulation (chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers) · hu striduláció (chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers) · he צִרְצוּר (chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers) · bg цвърчене (chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers) · fa جیرجیر (chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers) · es estridulación (chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers) · fr stridulation (chirping, grating, or squeaking sound made by crickets and grasshoppers)