cigarette

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cigarette

/ˈsɪɡəɹɛt/ US, UK
/sɪɡəˈɹɛt/ US, UK
/ˈsɪɡəɹet/ Australia
/sɪɡəˈɹet/ Australia
/ˈsəɡəɹet/ New Zealand
/səɡəˈɹet/ New Zealand
/ˈsɪɡəɾɛt/ Scotland, Wales
/sɪɡəˈɾɛt/ Scotland, Wales

Rhymes with -ɛt

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French cigarette, from cigare, from Spanish cigarro + diminutive suffix -ette. By surface analysis, cigar + -ette.

noun cigarettes · cigaret

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.
Similar: bine, blem, bogie, boagie, butt, cancerette, cancer stick, boon, cig, ciggy, coffin nail, cowboy killer

verb cigarettes · cigaretting · cigaretted · cigaret

rare, slang, transitive To give someone a cigarette, or to light one for them. Could someone cigarette me?

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: coffin nail, butt, cigaret, cig, tobacco, smoker, smoking, smoke, smoked, smoky, incense, brand, tar, lighter, soot, chimney

Translations

Every language

noun thin roll of tobacco made for smoking

Español	cigarrillo, pitillo, bambán
한국어	담배 dambae, 궐련 gwollyeon, 연초 yeoncho
日本語	タバコ tabako, たばこ tabako, 煙草, 紙巻き煙草 kamimaki tabako
中文	香煙 /香烟 xiāngyān, 紙煙 /纸烟 zhǐyān, 捲煙 /卷烟 juǎnyān, 煙 /烟 yān, 煙捲兒 /烟卷儿 yānjuǎnr
हिन्दी	सिगरेट sigreṭ, सिग्रेट sigreṭ, सुट्टा suṭṭā, बीड़ी bīṛī
Kiswahili	sigara, msokoto
Português	cigarro
Français	cigarette
Deutsch	Zigarette, Kippe
Italiano	sigaretta
Ελληνικά	τσιγάρο tsigáro
Română	țigară, țigaretă
Русский	сигаре́та sigaréta, папиро́са papirósa, сига́рка sigárka
Tiếng Việt	điếu thuốc lá, thuốc lá
العربية	سِيجَارَة sigāra
עברית	סִיגַרְיָה sigárya

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"cigarette." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cigarette. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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cigarette. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cigarette

Chicago

"cigarette." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cigarette.

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@misc{cigarette_2026,
  title = {cigarette},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cigarette},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}