Meaning
1 senses(rare, slang)To give someone a cigarette, or to light one for them.
Could someone cigarette me?
Examples
558 sentencesHe couldn't overcome the desire for another cigarette.
Він не міг побороти бажання викурити ще одну сигарету.
I want you to put out your cigarette.
Я хочу, щоб ти загасив цигарку.
ruЯ хочу, чтобы ты потушил сигарету.
Tom is smoking a cigarette on the balcony.
Том палить на балконі.
My father smokes a pack of cigarettes a day.
Мій батько щоденно викурює пачку цигарок.
ruМой отец выкуривает пачку сигарет в день.
deMein Vater raucht eine Schachtel Zigaretten am Tag.
Tom asked Mary for a cigarette.
Том попросив у Мері цигарку.
ruТом попросил у Мэри сигарету.
Origin
Borrowed from French cigarette, from cigare, from Spanish cigarro + diminutive suffix -ettBorrowed from French cigarette, from cigare, from Spanish cigarro + diminutive suffix -ette. By surface analysis, cigar + -ette.
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Forms
cigarettes, cigaretting, cigaretted, cigaretted| Base form | cigarette · to cigarette |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | cigarettes |
| Present participle | cigaretting |
| Past simple | cigaretted |
| Past participle | cigaretted |
regular · Lesson
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
10 patterns- smoke a cigarette
- pack of cigarettes
- smoking a cigarette
- cigarettes a day
- out your cigarette
- cigarette smoke
- cigarette butts
- smoke cigarettes
- of cigarettes a
- smoking cigarettes