# cigarette

Pronunciation: say "SIG-uh-ret" /ˈsɪ.ɡə.ɹɛt/

## Noun

1. A small roll of tobacco or another substance wrapped in thin paper, meant to be lit and smoked.
   - Simple: A thin roll of paper filled with tobacco that people light and smoke.
   - _He stubbed out his cigarette before stepping inside._
   - _The smell of cigarettes lingered in the old taxi._

## Verb

2. To give someone a cigarette, or to light the one they are holding for them. *(slang)*
   - Simple: To hand someone a cigarette, or to light one for them.
   - _He quietly cigaretted the stranger who had asked for a light._
   - _She would cigarette anyone on the crew who looked like they needed one._

## Origin

Borrowed from French "cigarette," formed from "cigare" (cigar) plus the diminutive suffix "-ette," with "cigare" itself coming from Spanish "cigarro."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/cigarette (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).