sigarett

Faroese

Etymology

From Italian sigaretta, from Spanish cigarette, diminutive of cigare, from Spanish cigarro (“cigar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sikaˈɹɛʰtː/

  Rhymes: -ɛʰtː

Noun

sigarett f (genitive singular sigarettar, plural sigarettir)

1. cigarette

Declension

f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	sigarett	sigarettin	sigarettir	sigarettirnar
accusative	sigarett	sigarettina	sigarettir	sigarettirnar
dative	sigarett	sigarettini	sigarettum	sigarettunum
genitive	sigarettar	sigarettarinnar	sigaretta	sigarettanna

Derived terms

Derived terms

• sigarettpappír
• sigarettroykur
• sigarettstubbi
• sigaretttubbak

Maltese

Sigarett

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian sigaretta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪ.ɡaˈrɛt/

Noun

sigarett m (plural sigaretti)

1. cigarette

Related terms

• extrej
• pejjep

 

Norwegian Bokmål

Lighting of a cigarette.

Etymology

From French cigarette (“cigarette”), from cigare (“cigar”), from Spanish cigarro (“cigar, cigarette”), possibly from a Mayan language such as Yucatec Maya siyar (“to smoke tobacco leaves”) or Q'eqchi sik'ar (“to smoke”), possibly also from cigarro (“male cicada”), a form of cigarra (“cicada”), from a Vulgar Latin root *cicāla, from Latin cicāda (“cicada”), possibly from a substrate language, ultimately onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪɡaˈrɛt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛt
• Hyphenation: si‧ga‧rett

Noun

sigarett m (definite singular sigaretten, indefinite plural sigaretter, definite plural sigarettene)

1. (smoking) a cigarette (tobacco or other substances, in a thin roll wrapped with paper, intended to be smoked)

   Synonyms: sigg, siggis

   • 1911, Amalie Pettersen, Pettersens, page 19:

     jeg er ingen ven af kvindeemancipationen med kortklippet haar og frisindede cigaretter

     I'm not a fan of women's emancipation with short hair and free-spirited cigarettes

   • 1998, Bjørg Vik, Roser i et sprukket krus, page 153:

     hun tar et drag av sigaretten hans

     she takes a puff of his cigarette

   • 1991, Tove Nilsen, Amazonaspornografen, page 231:

     jeg legger merke til et brennemerke i trekket etter en sigarett

     I notice a burn mark on the cover of a cigarette

Derived terms

• astmasigarett
• damesigarett
• e-sigarett
• ferdigsigarett
• filtersigarett
• hasjsigarett
• marihuanasigarett
• mentolsigarett
• sigarett-tenner
• sigarett-tobakk
• sigarettaske
• sigarettbukse
• sigarettetui
• sigarettforretning
• sigarettfuteral
• sigarettglo
• sigarettkartong
• sigarettlighter
• sigarettlukt
• sigarettmunnstykke
• sigarettpakke
• sigarettpapir
• sigarettrøyk
• sigarettrøyker
• sigarettrøyking
• sigarettskulder
• sigarettstump
• virginiasigarett

 

Related terms

• sigar (“cigar”)
• sigarillo (“cigarillo”)

References

• “sigarett” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “sigarett” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “sigarett” in Store norske leksikon

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French cigarette.

Noun

sigarett m (definite singular sigaretten, indefinite plural sigarettar, definite plural sigarettane)

1. a cigarette

References

• “sigarett” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.