English Explanatory Dictionary

papirosa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A style of Russian filterless cigarette.

Word forms

papirosa papirosas

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian папиро́са (papirósa), from Polish papieros (“cigarette”), from papier (“paper”) with the ending added from Spanish cigarros and the stem being from German Papier, from Late Middle High German papier, from Latin papȳrus, papȳrum, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros, “papyrus”), supposedly of Egyptian origin.

Synonyms

Russian cigarette
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