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cigarillo

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˌsɪɡəˈɹɪloʊ/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A thin cigar, differing from a cigarette in being wrapped with tobacco leaves rather than paper.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

small cigar or cigarette wrapped in tobacco instead of paper

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cigar

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cigarrillo, from cigarro (“cigar”) + -illo (“diminutive suffix”).

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 小雪茄煙 /小雪茄烟 (xiǎo xuějiā yān) — thin cigar
  • Finnish: pikkusikari — thin cigar
  • French: cigarillo — thin cigar
  • German: Zigarillo — thin cigar
  • Hungarian: szivarka — thin cigar
  • Japanese: シガリロ (shigariro) — thin cigar
  • Macedonian: цигари́лјо (cigaríljo) — thin cigar
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sigarillo — thin cigar
  • Polish: cygaretka — thin cigar
  • Portuguese: cigarrilha — thin cigar
  • Russian: сигари́лла (sigarílla) — thin cigar
  • Spanish: cigarrillo — thin cigar
  • Swedish: cigarill — thin cigar