cigarette

noun

cig·​a·​rette ˌsi-gə-ˈret 

ˈsi-gə-ˌret

variants or less commonly cigaret

: a slender roll of cut tobacco enclosed in paper and meant to be smoked

also : a similar roll of another substance (such as marijuana)

Examples of cigarette in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The new type of overlay would either outright ban or limit the presence of businesses like beer and cigarette markets, pawnshops and nightclubs in residential areas, even when existing zoning categories on a property would otherwise allow for them. —Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2025

It is designed to test for vaporized tobacco, marijuana, nicotine products, and e-cigarette devices. —Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025

Dillane, clothed in an Adidas track suit, smokes a cigarette. —Esther Zuckerman, Time, 10 Oct. 2025

While smoking is the largest cause of lung cancer, this aggressive form of the disease can arise in those who have never had a cigarette. —Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2025

Word History

Etymology

French cigarette, diminutive of cigare cigar, from Spanish cigarro

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing cigarette

• anti-cigarette
• cigarette paper
• e-cigarette
• electronic cigarette

Rhymes for cigarette

• alphabet
• arpanet
• bayonet
• biuret
• clarinet
• coronet
• coverlet
• dataset
• epithet
• ethernet
• heavyset
• internet

Kids Definition

cigarette

noun

cig·​a·​rette ˌsig-ə-ˈret 

ˈsig-ə-ˌret

: a small roll of cut tobacco wrapped in paper for smoking

Etymology

from French cigarette, literally, "little cigar"