cigar

Syllables: ci·garUK/sɪˈɡɑː(ɹ)//sɪˈɡɑɹ/

cigar noun: a cylinder of tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked.

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Noun

cigar (plural cigars)

A cylinder of tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked.
- Long after his cigar burnt bitter, he sat with eyes fixed on the blaze. When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped ; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs and ball-gown kneeling on the hearth[…].1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter III, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
- A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed. ¶ ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
Synonyms:

stogie
(slang) The penis.

cigar meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

cigar in Hindi

rolled bundle of tobacco made for smoking: सिगार sigār, चुरुट curuṭ

cigar in Tamil

rolled bundle of tobacco made for smoking: சுருட்டு curuṭṭu

cigar in Marathi

rolled bundle of tobacco made for smoking: सिगार sigār

cigar in Urdu

rolled bundle of tobacco made for smoking: سِگار sigār

More languagesFewer languages

cigar in Bengali: চুরুট curuṭ
cigar in Telugu: చుట్ట cuṭṭa
cigar in Malayalam: ചുരുട്ട് curuṭṭŭ
cigar in Kannada: ಸಿಗಾರ್
cigar in Punjabi: ਸਿਗਾਰ sigār
cigar in Gujarati: સિગાર
cigar in Odia: ସିଗାର, ସିଗାର୍
cigar in Nepali: सिगार
cigar in Tagalog: abano, tabako
cigar in Arabic: سِيجَار sījār, سِيكَار sīkār
cigar in Malay: cerut, cerutu
cigar in Indonesian: cerutu, sigar
cigar in Thai: ซิการ์ sí-gâa
cigar in Vietnamese: xì-gà
cigar in Myanmar: ဆေးလိပ် hce:lip, ဆေးပြင်းလိပ် hce:prang:lip

Examples of cigar in a sentence

Betty ran all out in the sprint race; yet, it was close, but no cigar.
He imports Cuban cigars to the United States, which is illegal but profitable.
Don't get all shrinky on me. My distaste for cigars has nothing to do with childhood trauma.

All 40 example sentences with cigar

Synonyms of cigar

stogie

Forms of cigar

plural	cigars

Plural of cigar: cigars

Origin of cigar

From Spanish cigarro, of uncertain origin. See that entry for more information.

Words formed from cigar

Phrases with cigar

Words that rhyme with cigar

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Questions about cigar

What does cigar mean?: Cigar means a cylinder of tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked.
What is cigar in Hindi?: Cigar in Hindi is सिगार (sigār), चुरुट (curuṭ). See Cigar meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is cigar?: Cigar is a noun.
How do you pronounce cigar?: Cigar is pronounced /sɪˈɡɑː(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of cigar?: The plural of cigar is cigars.

Words near cigar in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: cigar (page history and authors); ചുരുട്ട് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); cigar (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cigar (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cigar (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); cigar (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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