/ˌsɪɡəˈret/
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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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