Kilo Lingo

/ˌsɪɡəˈret/

Line drawing of cigarette
Coloured illustration of cigarette
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Translation

A thin white tube of tobacco that people light and breathe in.

Word origin

From French cigarette, meaning a little cigar.

Origin
French
Root
cigarette
English cognates
cigar

Grammar

Gender
Pluralcigarettes

Examples

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The verb we use with cigarette is "smoke".

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The plural is "cigarettes".

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"Put out" a cigarette means to stop it burning.

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This word is part of lesson 28.