Definitions for cigaretteˌsɪg əˈrɛt, ˈsɪg əˌrɛt

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

cig•a•retteˌsɪg əˈrɛt, ˈsɪg əˌrɛt(n.)

or cig•a•ret

  1. a narrow, short roll of finely cut tobacco cured for smoking, usu. wrapped in thin paper.

Origin of cigarette:

1820–30; < F, =cigarecigar+-ette -ette

Princeton's WordNet

  1. cigarette, cigaret, coffin nail, butt, fag(noun)

    finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

  1. cigarette(noun)ˌsɪg əˈrɛt, ˈsɪg əˌrɛt

    a thin paper tube containing tobacco to smoke

Wiktionary

  1. cigarette(Noun)

    Tobacco, marijuana, or other substances, in a thin roll wrapped with paper, intended to be smoked.

  2. Origin: cigarette, from cigare, from cigarro + diminutive suffix -ette

Webster Dictionary

  1. Cigarette(noun)

    a little cigar; a little fine tobacco rolled in paper for smoking

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz

  1. CIGARETTE

    A weed whose smoke, some say, should never be inhaled, and still more insist should never be exhaled.


Translations for cigarette

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

cigarette(noun)

a tube of finely cut tobacco rolled in thin paper.

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