Criquet

Japanese: criquet
Criquet

…This is one of the few cases in Europe and America where we do not hear the sound of insects. In France, grasshoppers are mainly called criquets, and katydids are called sauterelles. The former comes from the clicking sound of grasshoppers' wings or chirps (which they express as "click"), and the latter from the verb sauter, which means to jump. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "criquet" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…つまりこれは欧米における虫の声の数少ない聞きなしの例であることになる。 フランスでは主としてバッタ科のものをクリケcriquetと呼び,キリギリス科のものをソトレルsauterelleと呼んでいる。前者はバッタのキチキチという羽音もしくは鳴声(彼らは〈クリック〉と表現する)から,後者は跳ぶsauterという動詞から来たものである。…

※「criquet」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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