noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Etymology tree Latin cicādader. Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a Spanish cigarra? Spanish cigarrobor. French cigare Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etder. French -ette French cigarettebor. English cigarette Borrowed from French cigarette, from cigare, from Spanish cigarro + diminutive suffix -ette. By surface analysis, cigar + -ette.
Across languages
Translations
220 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
sigaret
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Albanian:
cigare
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Amharic:
ሲጃራ
(siǧara)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Amharic:
ሲጋራ
(sigara)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Arabic:
سِيجَارَة
(sigāra)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Arabic:
سِجارة
(sijāra)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Arabic:
سِقارة
(sigāra)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Arabic:
دُخَّان
(duḵḵān)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Arabic:
ݣرو
(garro)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Armenian:
ծխախոտ
(cxaxot)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Armenian:
սիգարետ
(sigaret)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Assamese:
চিগাৰেট
(sigaret)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Azerbaijani:
papiros
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Azerbaijani:
siqaret
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Bashkir:
тәмәке
(təməke)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Basque:
zigarreta
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Belarusian:
цыгарэ́та
(cyharéta)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Belarusian:
папяро́са
(papjarósa)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Bengali:
সিগারেট
(śigareṭ)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Breton:
sigaretenn
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Bulgarian:
цига́ра
(cigára)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Burmese:
စီးကရက်
(ci:ka.rak)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Burmese:
စီးကလိပ်
(ci:ka.lip)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Burmese:
ဆေးလိပ်
(hce:lip)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Carpathian Rusyn:
циґаре́тля
(cygarétlja)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Catalan:
cigarret
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Cebuano:
sigarilyo
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Chamorro:
sigariyo
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Chechen:
сигарет
(sigaret)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Cherokee:
ᎪᎦᏍᏗ
(gogasdi)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Chinese Cantonese:
煙仔 /烟仔
(jin1 zai2)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Chinese Cantonese:
煙 /烟
(jin1)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Chinese Cantonese:
香煙 /香烟
(hoeng1 jin1)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Chinese:
янбонбонзы
(ianbonbonzɨ)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Chinese:
янбонбор
(ianbonbor)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Chinese:
янбонбон
(ianbonbon)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Eastern Min Chinese:
薰囝
(hŏng-giāng)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Hakka Chinese:
煙仔 /烟仔
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Hakka Chinese:
菸仔 /烟仔
(yan1 zai3)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Chinese:
薰枝
(hun-ki)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Chinese:
薰
(zh-min-nan)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Chinese Mandarin:
香煙 /香烟
(xiāngyān)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Chinese Mandarin:
紙煙 /纸烟
(zhǐyān)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Chinese Mandarin:
捲煙 /卷烟
(juǎnyān)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Chinese Mandarin:
煙 /烟
(yān)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Chinese Mandarin:
煙捲兒 /烟卷儿
(yānjuǎnr)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Wu Chinese:
香煙 /香烟
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Chuvash:
сигарет
(sigaret)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Chuvash:
пирус
(pirus)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Cornish:
cigarik
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Czech:
cigareta
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Danish:
cigaret
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Dutch:
sigaret
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Elfdalian:
sigarett
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Esperanto:
cigaredo
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Estonian:
sigaret
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Estonian:
suits
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Estonian:
tobi
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Faroese:
sigarett
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Finnish:
savuke
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Finnish:
tupakka
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Finnish:
sätkä
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Finnish:
rööki
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
French:
cigarette
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
West-Frisian:
sigaret
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Georgian:
პაპიროსი
(ṗaṗirosi)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Georgian:
სიგარეტი
(sigareṭi)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
German:
Zigarette
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
German:
Kippe
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Greek:
τσιγάρο
(tsigáro)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Greenlandic:
cigaretti
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Greenlandic:
sikaritsi
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Gujarati:
સિગારેટ
(sigāreṭ)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Hebrew:
סִיגַרְיָה
(sigárya)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Hindi:
सिगरेट
(sigreṭ)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Hindi:
सिग्रेट
(sigreṭ)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Hindi:
सुट्टा
(suṭṭā)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Hindi:
बीड़ी
(bīṛī)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Hungarian:
cigaretta
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Hunsrik:
Zicker
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Icelandic:
sígaretta
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Icelandic:
sígó
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Ido:
sigareto
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Ilocano:
sigarilio
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Indonesian:
rokok
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Interlingua:
cigaretta
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Irish:
toitín
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Italian:
sigaretta
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Japanese:
タバコ
(tabako)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Japanese:
たばこ
(tabako)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Japanese:
煙草
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Japanese:
紙巻き煙草
(kamimaki tabako)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Javanese:
udut
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Javanese:
udud
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Kabuverdianu:
sigaru
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Kaitag:
папру́с
(paprús)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Kannada:
ಸಿಗರೆಟ್
(sigareṭ)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Kapampangan:
sigariliu
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Kazakh:
темекі
(temekı)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Kazakh:
шылым
(şylym)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Kazakh:
мүштіксіз темекі
(müştıksız temekı)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Khmer:
បារី
(baarəy)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Korean:
담배
(dambae)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Korean:
궐련
(gwollyeon)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Korean:
연초
(yeoncho)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Kristang:
fumansa
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Central Kurdish:
جگەرە
(cgere)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Northern Kurdish:
cixare
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Kyrgyz:
тамеки
(tameki)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Kyrgyz:
сигарет
(sigaret)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Lao:
ຢາສູບ
(yā sūp)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Lao:
ບຸຫລີ່
(bu lī)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Lao:
ກອກຢາ
(kǭk yā)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Latin:
sigarellum
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Latvian:
cigarete
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Latvian:
papiross
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Limburgish:
segrèt
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Lithuanian:
cigaretė
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Lithuanian:
papirosas
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Luxembourgish:
Zigarett
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Macedonian:
цигара
(cigara)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Malay:
rokok
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Malay:
sigaret
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Brunei Malay:
sigup
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Malayalam:
സിഗരട്ട്
(sigaraṭṭŭ)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Maltese:
sigaretti
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Manx:
tudjeen
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Marathi:
सिगरेट
(sigreṭ)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Mon:
ၜံက်
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Mon:
ၜံက်သဳဂါရိတ်
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Mon:
သဳဂါရိတ်
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Mongolian:
тамхи
(tamxi)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Mongolian:
янжуур
(janžuur)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Nauruan:
tebeke
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Nepali:
सिगरेट
(sigareṭ)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Norwegian Bokmål:
sigarett
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Occitan:
cigarreta
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Odia:
ସିଗାରେଟ୍
(sigāreṭ)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Odia:
କାହାଲୀ
(kāhāli)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Pangasinan:
sigarilio
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Pannonian Rusyn:
циґаретла
(cigaretla)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Pashto:
سګرېټ
(segreṭ)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Dari:
سِگْرِت
(sigrit)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Iranian Persian:
سیگار
(sigâr)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Iranian Persian:
سیگارِت
(sigâret)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Polish:
papieros
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Polish:
cygareta
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Portuguese:
cigarro
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Punjabi:
ਸਿਗਰੇਟ
(sigreṭ)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Réunion Creole French:
sigarèt
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Romanian:
țigară
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Romanian:
țigaretă
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Romansh:
cigaretta
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Russian:
сигаре́та
(sigaréta)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Russian:
папиро́са
(papirósa)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Russian:
сига́рка
(sigárka)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Northern Sami:
sigareahtta
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Samoan:
sikareti
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Sanskrit:
तमाखुनालि
(tamākhunāli)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Scottish Gaelic:
toitean
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Scottish Gaelic:
toiteag
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Serbo-Croatian:
цигарѐта
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Serbo-Croatian:
cigarèta
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Sicilian:
sicaretta
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Sinhalese:
සිගරෙට්ටුව
(sigareṭṭuwa)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Slovak:
cigareta
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Slovene:
cigareta
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Upper Sorbian:
cigareta
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Spanish:
cigarrillo
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Spanish:
pitillo
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Swahili:
sigara
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Swahili:
msokoto
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Swedish:
cigarett
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Tagalog:
sigarilyo
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Tagalog:
yosi
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Tajik:
сигарета
(sigareta)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Tajik:
тамоку
(tamoku)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Tajik:
сигор
(sigor)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Tamil:
சிகரெட்
(cikareṭ)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Tatar:
тәмәке
(tämäke)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Tausug:
siga
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Telugu:
సిగరెట్టు
(sigareṭṭu)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Tetum:
sigaru
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Thai:
ยาสูบ
(yaa-sùup)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Thai:
บุหรี่
(bù-rìi)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Tibetan:
ཤོག་དྲིལ་དུ་བ
(shog dril du ba)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Tibetan:
ཐ་མག
(tha mag)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Tibetan:
བཞེས་ཐག
(bzhes thag)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Tigrinya:
ሽጋራ
(šəgara)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Turkish:
sigara
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Turkish:
çilim
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Turkmen:
çilim
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Turkmen:
papiros
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Tuvan:
таакпы
(taakpı)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Tuvan:
папирос
(papiros)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Ukrainian:
сигаре́та
(syharéta)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Ukrainian:
цига́рка
(cyhárka)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Ukrainian:
папіро́с
(papirós)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Ukrainian:
папіро́са
(papirósa)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Urdu:
سِگْریٹ
(sigreṭ)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Urdu:
سُٹَّا
(suṭṭā)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Uyghur:
سىگارت
(sigart)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Uyghur:
تاماكا
(tamaka)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Uzbek:
sigareta
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Uzbek:
tutun
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Uzbek:
sigaret
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Vietnamese:
điếu thuốc lá
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Vietnamese:
thuốc lá
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Volapük:
zigarül
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Walloon:
cigarete
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Welsh:
sigarét
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Yiddish:
פּאַפּיראָס
(papiros)
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Yup'ik:
kuingiq
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Yup'ik:
melugkaq
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Yup'ik:
puyurtaq
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Yup'ik:
sapeq
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Isthmus Zapotec:
gueza
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Zhuang:
iencaej
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Zhuang:
iencaij
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking
Zhuang:
ien
— thin roll of tobacco made for smoking