Phrase guide

cigarette case

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A small flat case for holding cigarettes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a small flat case for holding cigarettes; can be carried in a purse or a pocket

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: case

History

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Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عُلْبَةُ سَجَائِر (ʕulbatu sajāʔir) — small flat case
  • Armenian: պորտսիգար (portsigar) — small flat case
  • Armenian: գլանակատուփ (glanakatupʻ) — small flat case
  • Armenian: ծխախոտատուփ (cxaxotatupʻ) — small flat case
  • Azerbaijani: siqaret qutusu — small flat case
  • Belarusian: партсіга́р (partsihár) — small flat case
  • Bulgarian: табаке́ра (tabakéra) — small flat case
  • Catalan: cigarrer — small flat case
  • Catalan: portacigarrets — small flat case
  • Chinese Cantonese: 煙盒 /烟盒 (jin1 hap6) — small flat case
  • Chinese Cantonese: 香煙盒 /香烟盒 (hoeng1 jin1 hap6) — small flat case
  • Chinese: 薰篋仔 /薰箧仔 (hun-khoeh-á / hun-kheh-á) — small flat case
  • Chinese Mandarin: 煙盒 /烟盒 (yānhé) — small flat case
  • Chinese Mandarin: 香煙盒 /香烟盒 (xiāngyānhé) — small flat case
  • Danish: cigaretetui — small flat case
  • Dutch: sigarettenkoker — small flat case
  • Esperanto: cigaredujo — small flat case
  • Estonian: portsigar — small flat case
  • Finnish: savukekotelo — small flat case
  • French: porte-cigare — small flat case
  • French: porte-cigares — small flat case
  • Georgian: პორტსიგარი (ṗorṭsigari) — small flat case
  • German: Zigarettenetui — small flat case
  • Greek: τσιγαροθήκη (tsigarothíki) — small flat case
  • Greek: ταμπακιέρα (tampakiéra) — small flat case
  • Hindi: सिगरेट केस (sigreṭ kes) — small flat case
  • Hungarian: cigarettatárca — small flat case
  • Italian: portasigarette — small flat case
  • Japanese: シガレットケース (shigaretto kēsu) — small flat case
  • Japanese: タバコ入れ (tabakoire) — small flat case
  • Kazakh: портсигар (portsigar) — small flat case
  • Kazakh: темекі сауыт (temekı sauyt) — small flat case
  • Korean: 담배갑 (dambaegap) — small flat case
  • Kyrgyz: портсигар (portsigar) — small flat case
  • Macedonian: табакера (tabakera) — small flat case
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sigarettetui — small flat case
  • Iranian Persian: جاسیگاری (jâsigâri) — small flat case
  • Polish: cygarnica — small flat case
  • Polish: papierośnica — small flat case
  • Portuguese: porta-cigarros — small flat case
  • Portuguese: cigarreira — small flat case
  • Romanian: tabacheră — small flat case
  • Russian: портсига́р (portsigár) — small flat case
  • Russian: сигаре́тница (sigarétnica) — small flat case
  • Spanish: pitillera — small flat case
  • Swedish: cigarettetui — small flat case
  • Tajik: папиросдон (papirosdon) — small flat case
  • Tajik: тамокудон (tamokudon) — small flat case
  • Turkish: sigara tabakası — small flat case
  • Ukrainian: портсига́р (portsyhár) — small flat case
  • Urdu: سِگْریٹ کیس (sigreṭ kes) — small flat case
  • Uzbek: portsigar — small flat case
  • Vietnamese: hộp đựng xì gà — small flat case
  • Yiddish: פּאָרטציגאַר (porttsigar) — small flat case