noun

cigarette

SIH-guh-reht

noun

A thin roll of shredded tobacco wrapped in paper, meant for smoking.

"She lit a cigarette outside the office."

"He quit smoking cigarettes last year."

How to Use Cigarette

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA thin, paper-wrapped tobacco stick for smoking — smaller and milder than a cigar.

Easily confused with

cigar →

Common pairings

light a cigarette pack of cigarettes smoke a cigarette

cigaretted past tense, cigarettes plural, cigarettes singular

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She lit a _____ outside the office.

Borrowed from French cigarette, a diminutive of cigare (from Spanish cigarro) — literally a "little cigar".

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