How do you use the word "cigarette" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "cigarette": You burnt a hole in my coat with your cigarette. The cause of the fire was his cigarette butt.

Cigarette Meaning

/ˈsɪɡəɹɛt/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking.

verbTo give someone a cigarette, or to light one for them.

Sentence Examples

You burnt a hole in my coat with your cigarette.

The cause of the fire was his cigarette butt.

He ignored all the ‘No Smoking’ signs and lit up a cigarette.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

butt

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

She crushed the used ____ into the ashtray after taking a puff.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

He decided to quit smoking a ____ for the sake of his overall health.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Latin cicādader. Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a Spanish cigarra? Spanish cigarrobor. French cigare Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Middle French -et French -etder. French -ette French cigarettebor. English cigarette Borrowed from French cigarette, from cigare, from Spanish cigarro + diminutive suffix -ette. By surface analysis, cigar + -ette.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait." — 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 46:

"He rose to light my cigarette, then sank back into his wicker chair contentedly. The tea was weak, but not cold, thanks to the hot-plate." — 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 7, in Crime out of Mind:

"Tobacconist: Right. I want to try you on a course of these: one twenty times a day. Have you taken them before? Patient: Um, what is it? Tobacconist: It's a simple nicotinal arsenous monoxid preparation taken bronchially as an infumation. Patient: Infumation? Tobacconist: Yes, you just light the end and breathe it. Patient: What, like cigarettes? Tobacconist: You know them then. Actually, it's a bit hard to admit but they're basically an herbal remedy... A leaf originally from the Americas, I believe, called tobacco. Patient: But medicated? Tobacconist: Medicated? No. Patient: These are ordinary cigarettes? Tobacconist: That's right. Patient: But they're terribly bad for you, aren't they? Tobacconist: I hardly think I would be prescribing them if they were bad for you. Patient: Twenty a day? Tobacconist: Yes, ideally moving on to about thirty or forty." — 1989 January 27, Stephen Fry et al., “Doctor Tobacco”, in A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Season 1, Episode 3:

"Grandma has an occasional cigarette, as well as Uncle Jimmy and Aunt Julie, and our kids give them crap about it." — 2008, Thomas A. Liuzzo, One Last Cigarette: Memoirs of a 5-pack-a-day Smoker!, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 20:

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