noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Somebody who does not smoke tobacco.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A railway carriage where smoking tobacco is not permitted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English non- English smoke Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English smoker English non-smoker From non- + smoker.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
nie-roker
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Belarusian:
некурэ́ц
(njekuréc)
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Bulgarian:
непушач
(nepušač)
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Catalan:
no fumador
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Catalan:
no fumadora
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Chinese Mandarin:
非吸煙者 /非吸烟者
(fēixīyānzhě)
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Czech:
nekuřák
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Czech:
nekuřačka
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Danish:
ikkeryger
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Dutch:
niet-roker
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Dutch:
niet-rookster
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Estonian:
mittesuitsetaja
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Finnish:
tupakoimaton
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
French:
non-fumeur
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
French:
non-fumeuse
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
German:
Nichtraucher
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
German:
Nichtraucherin
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Italian:
non fumatore
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Italian:
non fumatrice
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Japanese:
非喫煙者
(hikitsuensha)
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Macedonian:
непушач
(nepušač)
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Manx:
neuyaagheyder
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Norwegian Bokmål:
ikke-røyker
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Norwegian Bokmål:
ikke-røker
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Norwegian Nynorsk:
ikkje-røykjar
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Polish:
niepalący
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Polish:
niepaląca
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Portuguese:
não-fumante
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Romanian:
nefumător
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Russian:
некуря́щий
(nekurjáščij)
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Russian:
некуря́щая
(nekurjáščaja)
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Serbo-Croatian:
непу̀ша̄ч
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Serbo-Croatian:
непуша̀чица
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Serbo-Croatian:
nepùšāč
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Serbo-Croatian:
nepušàčica
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Slovak:
nefajčiar
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Slovak:
nefajčiarka
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Slovene:
nekadilec
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Spanish:
no fumador
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Spanish:
no fumadora
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Swedish:
icke-rökare
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco
Ukrainian:
некуре́ць
(nekurécʹ)
— somebody who does not smoke tobacco