cigarette

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A thin roll of tobacco in paper that people smoke.

   He lit a cigarette and stared out the window.

Common collocations

• cigarette lighter Noun + noun

Etymology tree Latin cicādader. Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a Spanish cigarra? Spanish cigarrobor. French cigare French -ette French cigarettebor. English cigarette Borrowed from French cigarette, from cigare, from Spanish cigarro + diminutive suffix -ette. By surface analysis, cigar + -ette.

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