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 ash of the cigarette glows in the darkness of the truck. —Literary Hub, 7 Nov. 2025

Esposito advised smokers not to flick their cigarette butts and to properly extinguish them before throwing them out. —David Chiu, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025

There were some very good hypotheses implying that diet and cigarette smoking might be linked, but it had never really been shown systematically or consistently. —Veronique Greenwood, Time, 6 Nov. 2025

The organization added that cigarette smoking is the most common form of tobacco use worldwide. —Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 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"