cigarette
Syllables: cig·a·rette/ˈsɪɡəɹɛt/
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Australia/ˈsɪɡəɹet/
cigarette noun: a small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking.
Noun
cigarette (plural cigarettes)
- A small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking.
- 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.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 46
- 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.1956, Delano Ames, chapter 7, in Crime out of Mind
- Synonyms:
- bine, blem, bogie, boagie, butt, cancerette, cancer stick, boon, cig, ciggy
Verb
cigarette (third-person singular simple present cigarettes, present participle cigaretting, simple past and past participle cigaretted)
- To give someone a cigarette, or to light one for them.
- Could someone cigarette me?
cigarette meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
cigarette in Hindi
- thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
- सिगरेट sigreṭ, सिग्रेट sigreṭ, सुट्टा suṭṭā, बीड़ी bīṛī
cigarette in Tamil
- thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
- சிகரெட் cikareṭ
cigarette in Marathi
- thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
- सिगरेट sigreṭ
cigarette in Urdu
- thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
- سِگْریٹ sigreṭ, سُٹَّا suṭṭā
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- cigarette in Bengali
- সিগারেট śigareṭ
- cigarette in Telugu
- సిగరెట్టు sigareṭṭu
- cigarette in Malayalam
- സിഗരട്ട് sigaraṭṭŭ
- cigarette in Kannada
- ಸಿಗರೆಟ್ sigareṭ
- cigarette in Punjabi
- ਸਿਗਰੇਟ sigreṭ
- cigarette in Gujarati
- સિગારેટ sigāreṭ
- cigarette in Odia
- ସିଗାରେଟ୍ sigāreṭ, କାହାଲୀ kāhāli
- cigarette in Sanskrit
- तमाखुनालि tamākhunāli, धूमवर्ति dhūmavarti
- cigarette in Sinhala
- සිගරෙට්ටුව sigareṭṭuwa
- cigarette in Assamese
- চিগাৰেট sigaret
- cigarette in Nepali
- सिगरेट sigareṭ
- cigarette in Pashto
- سګرېټ segreṭ
- cigarette in Tagalog
- sigarilyo, yosi
- cigarette in Arabic
- سِيجَارَة sigāra
- cigarette in Malay
- rokok, sigaret
- cigarette in Indonesian
- rokok
- cigarette in Thai
- ยาสูบ yaa-sùup, บุหรี่ bù-rìi
- cigarette in Vietnamese
- điếu thuốc lá, thuốc lá
- cigarette in Myanmar
- စီးကရက် ci:ka.rak, စီးကလိပ် ci:ka.lip, ဆေးလိပ် hce:lip
Examples of cigarette in a sentence
- During hot and dry summers many fires in forests are caused by regardlessly discarded cigarette butts.
- They hooked English, sneaking out behind the school and smoking cigarettes.
- I tried to tap a cigarette off him, but he wouldn’t give me one.
Synonyms of cigarette
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Forms of cigarette
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | cigarettes |
| alternative form (dated) | cigaret |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | cigarettes |
| present participle | cigaretting |
| past participle | cigaretted |
| past | cigaretted |
Origin of cigarette
Borrowed from French cigarette, from cigare, from Spanish cigarro + diminutive suffix -ette. By surface analysis, cigar + -ette.
Words formed from cigarette
- 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
Phrases with cigarette
- cigarette ends
- cigarette boats
- cigarette burns
- cigarette camps
- cigarette cards
- cigarette cases
- cigarette decks
- cigarette girls
- cigarette papers
- cigarette beetles
- cigarette filters
- cigarette holders
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Words that rhyme with cigarette
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- upset
- vignette
- whet
- sett
- cornet
- let
- manchette
- roulette
- yet
- cadet
- cassette
- collarette
- forget
- pet
- banquette
- met
- mignonette
- musette
- octet
- reset
- unset
- abet
- beget
- brunette
- cuvette
- debt
- dinette
- dudette
- duet
- minuet
- navette
- planchette
- quartet
- regret
- silhouette
- vinaigrette
- aid and abet
- amourette
- barrette
- bavette
- bet
- brett
- briquette
- corvette
- couchette
- enucleate
- fossette
- grisette
Questions about cigarette
- What does cigarette mean?
- Cigarette means a small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking.
- What is cigarette in Hindi?
- Cigarette in Hindi is सिगरेट (sigreṭ), सिग्रेट (sigreṭ), सुट्टा (suṭṭā). See Cigarette meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cigarette?
- Cigarette can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce cigarette?
- Cigarette is pronounced /ˈsɪɡəɹɛt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cigarette?
- The plural of cigarette is cigarettes.
Words near cigarette in the dictionary
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