cigarette

Alternative forms

• cigaret (US spelling, sometimes)

Etymology

Borrowed from French cigarette, from cigare, from Spanish cigarro + diminutive suffix -ette

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪ.ɡə.ɹɛt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Hyphenation: cig‧a‧rette

Noun

cigarette (plural cigarettes)

1. Tobacco or other substances, in a thin roll wrapped with paper, intended to be smoked.
   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:

     No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.

   • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 7, in Crime out of Mind‎:

     He rose to light my cigarette, then sank back into his wicker chair contentedly. The tea was weak, but not cold, thanks to the hot-plate.

Verb

cigarette (third-person singular simple present cigarettes, present participle cigaretting, simple past and past participle cigaretted)

1. (slang, rare) To give someone a cigarette, and/or to light one for them.

Could someone cigarette me?

See also

• cigar
• cigarillo
• nonmailable
• smoke

Etymology

From cigare +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.ɡa.ʁɛt/

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Noun

cigarette f (plural cigarettes)

1. cigarette

Further reading

• “cigarette” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).