English Explanatory Dictionary

cigarette

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking.
verb
  1. To give someone a cigarette, or to light one for them.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪ.ɡə.ɹɛt/ /sɪ.ɡəˈɹɛt/ en-us-cigarette.ogg En-uk-cigarette.ogg

Word forms

cigarette cigarettes cigaret cigaretting cigaretted

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin cicādader. Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a Spanish cigarra? Spanish cigarrobor. French cigare French -ette French cigarettebor. English cigarette Borrowed from French cigarette, from cigare, from Spanish cigarro + diminutive suffix -ette. By surface analysis, cigar + -ette.

Synonyms

bine blem bogie boagie butt cancerette cancer stick boon cig cigaret cigarette ciggy coffin nail cowboy killer darb dart death stick durben durrie durry fag gaf gasper gwaai lung dart neen oily rag paper cigar rig rolly quirly scag skyf snout smoke square stick stinky stick stoge stoag stogie stoagie straight straighter tab toby rib twiff vogue zig-zag

Related words

cigar cigarillo cheroot :Category:Smoking

Derived words

anticigarette cancerette cigalike cigarette beetle cigarette-boat cigarette boat cigarette burn cigarette camp cigarette card cigarette case cigarette deck cigarette end cigarette filter cigarette girl cigarette-holder cigarette holder cigaretteless cigarette lighter cigarettelike cigarette machine cigarette pants cigarette paper cigarette pastry cigarettism cigarettist cigaretty e-cigarette electronic cigarette jazz cigarette left-handed cigarette menthol cigarette niggerette noncigarette Russian cigarette straight cigarette
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