Phrase guide

electronic cigarette

noun · 1 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.

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  • US: /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɑnɪk ˈsɪɡəˌɹɛt/
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noun

Meaning 1

A battery-powered device used to vaporize substances, primarily nicotine, for recreative inhalation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

60 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سِيجَارَة إِلِكْتْرُونِيَّة (sigāra ʔiliktrōniyya) — electronic cigarette
  • Armenian: էլեկտրոնային ծխախոտ (ēlektronayin cxaxot) — electronic cigarette
  • Armenian: էլեկտրոնային սիգարետ (ēlektronayin sigaret) — electronic cigarette
  • Belarusian: электро́нная цыгарэ́та (eljektrónnaja cyharéta) — electronic cigarette
  • Bengali: বৈদ্যুতিন সিগারেট (bōiddutin śigareṭ) — electronic cigarette
  • Bulgarian: електро́нна цига́ра (elektrónna cigára) — electronic cigarette
  • Catalan: cigarret electrònic — electronic cigarette
  • Catalan: cigarreta electrònica — electronic cigarette
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電子煙 /电子烟 (diànzǐyān) — electronic cigarette
  • Chinese Mandarin: 電子香煙 /电子香烟 (diànzǐ xiāngyān) — electronic cigarette
  • Czech: elektronická cigareta — electronic cigarette
  • Esperanto: e-cigaredo — electronic cigarette
  • Estonian: elektrooniline sigaret — electronic cigarette
  • Finnish: sähkötupakka — electronic cigarette
  • Finnish: sähkösavuke — electronic cigarette
  • French: cigarette électronique — electronic cigarette
  • French: vapoteuse — electronic cigarette
  • Georgian: ელექტრული სიგარეტი (elekṭruli sigareṭi) — electronic cigarette
  • German: elektrische Zigarette — electronic cigarette
  • German: elektronische Zigarette — electronic cigarette
  • German: E-Zigarette — electronic cigarette
  • Greek: ηλεκτρονικό τσιγάρο (ilektronikó tsigáro) — electronic cigarette
  • Hebrew: סִיגַרְיָה אֶלֶקְטְרוֹנִית (sigárya elektrónit) — electronic cigarette
  • Hindi: इलेकट्रॉनिक सिगरेट (ilekaṭrŏnik sigreṭ) — electronic cigarette
  • Hungarian: elektronikus cigaretta — electronic cigarette
  • Hungarian: e-cigaretta — electronic cigarette
  • Icelandic: rafsígaretta — electronic cigarette
  • Indonesian: rokok elektronik — electronic cigarette
  • Indonesian: rokok elektrik — electronic cigarette
  • Italian: sigaretta elettronica — electronic cigarette
  • Japanese: 電子たばこ — electronic cigarette
  • Korean: 전자 담배 (jeonja dambae) — electronic cigarette
  • Malay: rokok elektronik — electronic cigarette
  • Malay: e-rokok — electronic cigarette
  • Malay: vap — electronic cigarette
  • Mongolian: цахилгаан тамхи (caxilgaan tamxi) — electronic cigarette
  • Norwegian Bokmål: e-sigarett — electronic cigarette
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: straumsigarett — electronic cigarette
  • Iranian Persian: سیگارِ اِلِکْتِرونیکی (sigâr-e elekteroniki) — electronic cigarette
  • Polish: papieros elektroniczny — electronic cigarette
  • Polish: e-papieros — electronic cigarette
  • Portuguese: cigarro eletrônico — electronic cigarette
  • Portuguese: cigarro eletrónico — electronic cigarette
  • Romanian: țigară electronică — electronic cigarette
  • Russian: электро́нная сигаре́та (elektrónnaja sigaréta) — electronic cigarette
  • Russian: вейп (vɛjp) — electronic cigarette
  • Slovak: elektronická cigareta — electronic cigarette
  • Spanish: cigarrillo electrónico — electronic cigarette
  • Spanish: cigarro electrónico — electronic cigarette
  • Swedish: e-cigarett — electronic cigarette
  • Swedish: elektronisk cigarett — electronic cigarette
  • Tagalog: dagisiking sigarilyo — electronic cigarette
  • Thai: ยาสูบอิเล็กทรอนิกส์ (yaa-sùup-ì-lék-trɔɔ-nìk) — electronic cigarette
  • Turkish: elektronik sigara — electronic cigarette
  • Turkish: elektronik puro — electronic cigarette
  • Turkish: e-sigara — electronic cigarette
  • Turkish: e-puro — electronic cigarette
  • Ukrainian: електро́нна сигаре́та (elektrónna syharéta) — electronic cigarette
  • Vietnamese: thuốc lá điện tử — electronic cigarette
  • Welsh: e-sigarét — electronic cigarette