smoking

A2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ˈsmoʊkɪŋ/ UK /ˈsməʊkɪŋ/ See IPA manual

Freq #2339

Meanings

1

noun
The act or habit of breathing in the smoke from cigarettes, cigars, or pipes.

Smoking is banned in all restaurants and bars here.
2

adj
Giving off smoke.

Firefighters searched through the smoking ruins of the house.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the act or habit of... smoke

Word family

Derived forms anti-smokingantismokingchain-smokingnon-smokingnonsmokingpipesmokingpresmokingsmextingsmokinglyunsmoking

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Etymology

From Middle English smokynge, smokiende, from Old English smociende (“smoking”), from Proto-Germanic *smukōndz (“emitting smoke, smoking”), equivalent to smoke + -ing.

smokynge Middle English smociende Old English *smukōndz Proto-Germanic

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# smoking

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈsmoʊkɪŋ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsməʊkɪŋ/
**Frequency rank:** 2339

## Meanings
1. The act or habit of breathing in the smoke from cigarettes, cigars, or pipes.
2. Giving off smoke.

## Examples
- Smoking is banned in all restaurants and bars here.
- Firefighters searched through the smoking ruins of the house.

## Derived Forms
- anti-smoking
- antismoking
- chain-smoking
- non-smoking
- nonsmoking
- pipesmoking
- presmoking
- smexting
- smokingly
- unsmoking

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: smokynge
- Root: smociende
- Root: *smukōndz

## Etymology
From Middle English smokynge, smokiende, from Old English smociende (“smoking”), from Proto-Germanic *smukōndz (“emitting smoke, smoking”), equivalent to smoke + -ing.

## AI Etymology
Smoking is from Middle English smokynge, smokiende, from Old English smociende (“smoking”), from Proto-Germanic *smukōndz (“emitting smoke, smoking”), equivalent to smoke + -ing. Important forms in the word's history include Middle English smokynge, Old English smociende, Proto-Germanic *smukōndz. In current use it includes senses such as The act or habit of breathing in the smoke from cigarettes, cigars, or pipes and Giving off smoke.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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