cigarette

cig·a·rette also cig·a·ret  (sg-rt, sg-rt)

n.

1. A small roll of finely cut tobacco for smoking, enclosed in a wrapper of thin paper.

2. A similar roll of another substance, such as a tobacco substitute or marijuana.

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[French, diminutive of cigare, cigar, from Spanish cigarro; see cigar.]

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cigarette

Noun

a thin roll of shredded tobacco in thin paper, for smoking [French: a little cigar]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

cigarette - finely ground tobacco wrapped in paper; for smoking cigaret, coffin nail, fag, butt cigarette butt - small part of a cigarette that is left after smoking cubeb cigarette, cubeb - a cigarette containing cubeb filter-tipped cigarette - a cigarette with a filter tip marijuana cigarette, reefer, spliff, joint, stick - marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking roll of tobacco, smoke - tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder

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cigarette

noun fag, Brit. (slang) smoke, gasper (slang) ciggy (informal) coffin nail (slang) cancer stick (slang)

Translations

cigarette [sɪgəˈrɛt] n → cigarrillo, pitillo

cigarette [sɪgəˈrɛt] n → cigarette f

cigarette [sɪgəˈrɛt] n → Zigarette f

cigarette [sɪgəˈrɛt] n → sigaretta