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

It was destroyed by a cigarette fire a few years after its opening but reopened in 1937. —Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025

When Kirby smoked a cigarette, Corder would tell him to stop. —Drake Bentley, jsonline.com, 12 July 2025

This is not the age of celebrity crooners, career servants, cigarette holders, arrival on the 20th Century Limited, and bellhops delivering telegrams to the breakfast table. —Justin Davidson, Curbed, 10 July 2025

Don sat across the kitchen table, smoke billowing from a cigarette in his hand, while his son shuffled through a stack of mail. —Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 10 July 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"