cig C2+ Topic:Register & Style US /sɪɡ/ UK /sɪɡ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun an informal shortening of cigarette He stepped outside to smoke a quick cig. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · an informal shortening of... cigarettesmokefagciggy Word family Derived forms ciggy Related forms cigarettecigar Etymology AI details A colloquial shortening of cigarette, from French cigarette, diminutive of cigare, from Spanish cigarro, of uncertain origin (possibly from Mayan sik'ar 'to smoke'). cigarro Spanish View etymology graph -> Topics Register & Style General Vocabulary External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # cig **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /sɪɡ/ **IPA (UK):** /sɪɡ/ ## Meanings 1. an informal shortening of cigarette ## Examples - He stepped outside to smoke a quick cig. ## Synonyms - cigarette - smoke - fag - ciggy ## Derived Forms - ciggy ## Related Forms - cigarette - cigar ## Roots and Affixes - Root: cigarro ## Etymology A colloquial shortening of cigarette, from French cigarette, diminutive of cigare, from Spanish cigarro, of uncertain origin (possibly from Mayan sik'ar 'to smoke'). ## AI Etymology Cig is a colloquial shortening of cigarette, from French cigarette, diminutive of cigare, from Spanish cigarro, of uncertain origin (possibly from Mayan sik'ar 'to smoke'). The historical trail runs through cigarro in Spanish. The history must be left partly open, preserving the uncertainty rather than forcing a single unsupported ancestry. Used as a noun, cig now means "an informal shortening of cigarette", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in derived forms such as ciggy and related forms such as cigarette and cigar. That uncertainty is part of the entry: the safest account is the attested form and the limited comparisons preserved with it. ## Topics - Register & Style - General Vocabulary markdown