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cigarette

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪɡəɹɛt/

The English word “cigarette” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking.

verb

  1. To give someone a cigarette, or to light one for them.

Etymology

Borrowed from French cigarette, from cigare, from Spanish cigarro + diminutive suffix -ette. By surface analysis, cigar + -ette.

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