cigarette

or cig·a·ret

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

/ ˌsɪg əˈrɛt, ˈsɪg əˌrɛt /

noun

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

Nearby words

Origin of cigarette

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

Related formsan·ti·cig·a·rette, adjective

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Examples from the Web for cigaret

Begging a cigaret from the native beauty, he lighted it and gave it three puffs.
Triple Spies|Roy J. Snell
I obeyed, and was astounded to observe Auddy in the act of exhaling rings of cigaret smoke.
Autobiography of a YOGI|Paramhansa Yogananda
He had been buying a cigaret case for Marion when the thought came to him.
Dangerous Days|Mary Roberts Rinehart
He heard the Officer of the Day comin and stuck his cigaret but in an oat bag.
"That's me all over, Mable"|Edward Streeter

Steinhart reached for a cigaret and then stopped, remembering that Kimball had had to give them up because of the flight.
The Hills of Home|Alfred Coppel

British Dictionary definitions for cigaret

cigarette

sometimes US cigaret

/ (ˌsɪɡəˈrɛt) /

noun

a short tightly rolled cylinder of tobacco, wrapped in thin paper and often having a filter tip, for smokingShortened forms: cig, ciggy

Word Origin for cigarette

C19: from French, literally: a little cigar

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Word Origin and History for cigaret

cigarette

1835, American English, from French cigarette (by 1824), diminutive of cigare "cigar" (18c.), from Spanish cigarro (see cigar). Spanish form cigarito, cigarita also was popular in English mid-19c. Cigarette heart "heart disease caused by smoking" is attested from 1884. Cigarette lighter attested from 1884.