Apedia

Cigarette Or   A Noun Tobacco Cigarette  Packet Tube

Title Cigarette
Text
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
cig·a·rette
 noun
also cig·a·ret  \\ˌsi-gə-ˈret, ˈsi-gə-ˌ\\
 ETYMOLOGY  French cigarette, diminutive of cigare cigar, from Spanish cigarro
 DATE  1835
: a slender roll of cut tobacco enclosed in paper and meant to be smoked; also : a similar roll of another substance (as marijuana)
English Etymology
cigarette
  1835, Amer.Eng., from Fr. cigarette, dim. of cigare "cigar." Sp. form cigarito, -ita was also popular mid-19c. Slang short form cig attested from c.1889.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English
Oxford Collocations dictionary for students of English


cigarette 
noun 

ADJ. lighted, lit carelessly throwing a lighted cigarette in the litter bin | half-smoked | illicit She slipped outside for an illicit cigarette. | filter tip, hand-rolled, king size, low-tar, menthol 

QUANT. pack, packet She smokes a packet of cigarettes a day. 

VERB + CIGARETTE smoke | draw on, pull on, suck on He pulled on his cigarette and waited for the train. | light | extinguish, put out, stub out Please extinguish all cigarettes now. | roll She rolls her own cigarettes. | flick (away) The old man flicked his cigarette onto the roadside. | advertise Posters advertising cigarettes have to carry government health warnings. 

CIGARETTE + VERB burn The cigarette burned slowly in the ashtray. | glow The cigarettes glowed in the dark. 

CIGARETTE + NOUN ash, smoke the smell of stale cigarette smoke | butt, end | case, packet | holder, lighter | smoker | burn | advertising

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7
 cigarette
cig·ar·ette 7si^E5retNAmE 5si^Eret / noun   a thin tube of paper filled with 
tobacco
 , for smoking
   香烟;纸烟;卷烟:
   packet / pack of cigarettes 
   一包香烟 
   to light a cigarette 
   点燃一支香烟 
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged
cig·a·rette
noun
also cig·a·ret \ˌsigəˈret, ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷, usu -ed.+V\
(-s)
Etymology: French cigarette, diminutive of cigare cigar, from Spanish cigarro
1. 
 a. : a tube of finely cut tobacco enclosed in paper, designed for smoking, and usually narrower and shorter than a cigar
 b. : a similar tube for smoking filled wholly or partly with some substance other than tobacco
2. : 
antique brown

Search result show the entry is found in: 
asthmatic cigarette
 , or 
cigarette
 , or 
cigarette beetle
 , or 
cigarette drain
 , or 
cigarette girl
 , or 
cigarette paper

Cigarette
trademark
— used for a fast powerful mono-hulled ocean boat

Learn with these flashcards. Click next, previous, or up to navigate to more flashcards for this subject.

Next card: Cincture from  encircling cinc·ture noun  latin  cinctura participle

Previous card:  the measuring chro·nom·e·try noun time chronometry  \\krə-ˈnä-mə-trē\\   date 

Up to card list: English learning