cigarette

or cig·a·ret

[ sig-uh-ret, sig-uh-ret ]

noun

1. a cylindrical roll of finely cut tobacco cured for smoking, considerably smaller than most cigars and usually wrapped in thin white paper.

cigarette

/ ˌsɪɡəˈrɛt /

noun

1. a short tightly rolled cylinder of tobacco, wrapped in thin paper and often having a filter tip, for smoking Shortened formscigciggy

Other Words From

• anti·ciga·rette adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cigarette¹

1820–30; < French, equivalent to cigare cigar + -ette -ette

Word History and Origins

Origin of cigarette¹

C19: from French, literally: a little cigar

Example Sentences

MPs have backed plans to make it illegal for anyone currently aged 15 or younger to ever buy cigarettes in the UK.

From BBC

Soon, cigarette smuggling became a huge business with gangs holding up convoys at gunpoint after they arrived from Egypt’s Rafah crossing and, after this shut in May, Kerem Shalom.

From BBC

Adventists avoid cigarettes and alcohol and usually keep a vegetarian diet, and several large, long-term health studies had found members of this community lived between 4 and 7 years longer than other Californians.

From Science Magazine

Mr Rowlands assumed they were burgling a tobacco shop and the numbers referred to cigarettes.

From BBC

Some spend months underground, and illegal mining has spawned a small economy providing food and cigarettes to the miners.

From BBC

Related Words

• smoke