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second-hand smoke

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The smoke from smokables, especially cigarettes (also cigars or joints), especially in an enclosed environment, and which any individual, including non-smokers, might be forced to breathe.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

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17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَدْخِين سَلْبِيّ (tadḵīn salbiyy) — smoke from cigarettes, that any person including non-smokers could breathe in
  • Chinese Mandarin: 二手煙 /二手烟 (èrshǒuyān) — smoke from cigarettes, that any person including non-smokers could breathe in
  • Dutch: tweedehandse rook — smoke from cigarettes, that any person including non-smokers could breathe in
  • Finnish: tupakansavu — smoke from cigarettes, that any person including non-smokers could breathe in
  • Finnish: passiivisesti hengitetty tupakansavu — smoke from cigarettes, that any person including non-smokers could breathe in
  • French: fumée secondaire — smoke from cigarettes, that any person including non-smokers could breathe in
  • German: Passivrauch — smoke from cigarettes, that any person including non-smokers could breathe in
  • Hungarian: környezeti dohányfüst — smoke from cigarettes, that any person including non-smokers could breathe in
  • Hungarian: másodlagos dohányfüst — smoke from cigarettes, that any person including non-smokers could breathe in
  • Indonesian: asap rokok orang lain — smoke from cigarettes, that any person including non-smokers could breathe in
  • Italian: fumo passivo — smoke from cigarettes, that any person including non-smokers could breathe in
  • Japanese: 副流煙 (fukuryūen) — smoke from cigarettes, that any person including non-smokers could breathe in
  • Norwegian: passiv røyking — smoke from cigarettes, that any person including non-smokers could breathe in
  • Portuguese: tabagismo passivo — smoke from cigarettes, that any person including non-smokers could breathe in
  • Portuguese: fumo passivo — smoke from cigarettes, that any person including non-smokers could breathe in
  • Russian: пассивное куре́ние (passivnoje kurénije) — smoke from cigarettes, that any person including non-smokers could breathe in
  • Swedish: passiv rökning — smoke from cigarettes, that any person including non-smokers could breathe in