cigarette
nounverbcommon in dialogue
- United States//ˈsɪɡəɹɛt//
- Australia//ˈsɪɡəɹet//
A small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking.
noun
- 1
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.
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.
Grandma has an occasional cigarette, as well as Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Julie, and our kids give them crap about it.
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin cicādader. Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a Spanish cigarra? Spanish cigarrobor. French cigare Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etder. French -ette French cigarettebor. English cigarette Borrowed from French cigarette, from cigare, from Spanish cigarro + diminutive suffix -ette. By surface analysis, cigar + -ette.
verb
- 1
rareTo give someone a cigarette, or to light one for them.
Could someone cigarette me?
Forms
- plural
- cigarettes
- past tense
- cigaretted
- past participle
- cigaretted
- present participle
- cigaretting
- third person singular
- cigarettes
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