Cigarette in Different Languages
Discover 'Cigarette' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Cigarette
Afrikaans sigaret | ||
Albanian cigare | ||
Amharic ሲጋራ | ||
Arabic سيجارة | ||
Armenian ծխախոտ | ||
Assamese চিগাৰেট | ||
Aymara cigarro umaña | ||
Azerbaijani siqaret | ||
Bambara sigarɛti min bɛ kɛ | ||
Basque zigarroa | ||
Belarusian цыгарэта | ||
Bengali সিগারেট | ||
Bhojpuri सिगरेट के इस्तेमाल कइल जाला | ||
Bosnian cigareta | ||
Bulgarian цигара | ||
Catalan cigarreta | ||
Cebuano sigarilyo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 香烟 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 香煙 | ||
Corsican sigaretta | ||
Croatian cigareta | ||
Czech cigareta | ||
Danish cigaret | ||
Dhivehi ސިނގިރޭޓެވެ | ||
Dogri सिगरेट | ||
Dutch sigaret | ||
English cigarette | ||
Esperanto cigaredo | ||
Estonian sigaret | ||
Ewe sigaret zazã | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) sigarilyo | ||
Finnish savuke | ||
French cigarette | ||
Frisian sigaret | ||
Galician cigarro | ||
Georgian სიგარეტი | ||
German zigarette | ||
Greek τσιγάρο | ||
Guarani cigarrillo rehegua | ||
Gujarati સિગારેટ | ||
Haitian Creole sigarèt | ||
Hausa sigari | ||
Hawaiian kakaka | ||
Hebrew סִיגַרִיָה | ||
Hindi सिगरेट | ||
Hmong luam yeeb | ||
Hungarian cigaretta | ||
Icelandic sígarettu | ||
Igbo sịga | ||
Ilocano sigarilio | ||
Indonesian rokok | ||
Irish toitín | ||
Italian sigaretta | ||
Japanese シガレット | ||
Javanese rokok | ||
Kannada ಸಿಗರೇಟ್ | ||
Kazakh темекі | ||
Khmer បារី | ||
Kinyarwanda itabi | ||
Konkani सिगरेट घेवप | ||
Korean 담배 | ||
Krio sigrɛt | ||
Kurdish cixare | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) جگەرە | ||
Kyrgyz тамеки | ||
Lao ຢາສູບ | ||
Latin cigarette | ||
Latvian cigarete | ||
Lingala likaya ya kolya | ||
Lithuanian cigaretė | ||
Luganda sigala wa sigala | ||
Luxembourgish zigarett | ||
Macedonian цигара | ||
Maithili सिगरेट | ||
Malagasy sigara | ||
Malay rokok | ||
Malayalam സിഗരറ്റ് | ||
Maltese sigarett | ||
Maori hikareti | ||
Marathi सिगारेट | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯁꯤꯒꯥꯔꯦꯠ ꯊꯀꯄꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo cigarette a ni | ||
Mongolian тамхи | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) စီးကရက် | ||
Nepali सिगरेट | ||
Norwegian sigarett | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) ndudu | ||
Odia (Oriya) ସିଗାରେଟ୍ | ||
Oromo sigaaraa | ||
Pashto سګريټ | ||
Persian سیگار | ||
Polish papieros | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) cigarro | ||
Punjabi ਸਿਗਰੇਟ | ||
Quechua cigarro | ||
Romanian ţigară | ||
Russian сигарета | ||
Samoan sikaleti | ||
Sanskrit सिगरेट् | ||
Scots Gaelic toitean | ||
Sepedi sakerete ya | ||
Serbian цигарета | ||
Sesotho sekarete | ||
Shona mudzanga | ||
Sindhi سگريٽ | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) සිගරට් | ||
Slovak cigareta | ||
Slovenian cigareta | ||
Somali sigaar | ||
Spanish cigarrillo | ||
Sundanese roko | ||
Swahili sigara | ||
Swedish cigarett | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) sigarilyo | ||
Tajik сигор | ||
Tamil சிகரெட் | ||
Tatar тәмәке | ||
Telugu సిగరెట్ | ||
Thai บุหรี่ | ||
Tigrinya ሽጋራ ምውሳድ | ||
Tsonga fole ra xirhendzevutani | ||
Turkish sigara | ||
Turkmen çilim | ||
Twi (Akan) sigaret a wɔde di dwuma | ||
Ukrainian сигарету | ||
Urdu سگریٹ | ||
Uyghur تاماكا | ||
Uzbek sigaret | ||
Vietnamese thuốc lá | ||
Welsh sigarét | ||
Xhosa umdiza | ||
Yiddish פּאַפּיראָס | ||
Yoruba siga | ||
Zulu ugwayi |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The Afrikaans word "sigaret" ultimately derives from the Spanish "cigarro", itself derived from the Mayan word for "tobacco". |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "cigare" is derived from the Turkish word "sigar". |
| Amharic | The word "ሲጋራ" (cigarette) comes from the French word "cigarette" which itself comes from the Spanish word "cigarro". |
| Arabic | In Arabic, "سيجارة" (cigarette) is derived from the Persian word "سگاره" (segarre), which means "to inhale", and ultimately derives from the Nahuatl word "sicatl" (to smoke). |
| Armenian | "Ծխախոտ" has an additional meaning to smoking tobacco: it can also mean smoke-flavored food. |
| Azerbaijani | The word "siqaret" is derived from the French word "cigarette" and originally designated a small cigar or rolled tobacco. |
| Basque | Zigarroa derives from the Mayan word “zicotl” through Spanish, meaning “roasting tube”. |
| Belarusian | The Belarusian word "цыгарэта" comes from the Polish word "cygaret", which in turn comes from the French word "cigarette". |
| Bengali | The word 'সিগারেট' (cigarette) is derived from the French word 'cigarette'. |
| Bosnian | Cigareta can also refer to a cigarillo or a tube-shaped pastry filled with cream. |
| Bulgarian | The word "цигара" in Bulgarian historically meant "rolled tobacco", but since the 20th century it almost exclusively refers to manufactured cigarettes. |
| Catalan | "Cigarreta" in Catalan comes from the French word "cigarette" which itself comes from the Spanish word "cigarro" (cigar). |
| Cebuano | "Sigarilyo" is a derivative of the Spanish word "cigarrillo," a small cigar. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word "香烟" literally means "fragrant smoke" and can also refer to incense or other types of smoke. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "香煙" (traditional Chinese) originally referred to incense smoke, but is now only used to describe cigarettes. |
| Corsican | In Corsica the word “siggaretta” also refers to a very thin roll of paper, parchment or other, rolled to serve as a wick in an oil-burning light. |
| Croatian | The word "cigareta" in Croatian originally meant "small cigar" but now refers to a cigarette. |
| Czech | Cigareta is also a slang term used in Czech slang for a beautiful woman. |
| Danish | The Danish word "cigaret" derives from the French "cigarette," meaning "little cigar." |
| Dutch | In Dutch, "sigaret" can also refer to a small, narrow roll of paper or fabric used for wrapping purposes. |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "cigaredo" is derived from the Spanish word "cigarro". |
| Estonian | In Estonian, "sigaret" is derived from the French word "cigarette", which in turn comes from the Spanish "cigarillo", diminutive form of "cigarro" (cigar). |
| Finnish | Savuke comes from the Swedish word "cigarrök" which means "cigar smoke" |
| French | The French word "cigarette" can also refer to a thin, crisp cookie, similar to a wafer. |
| Frisian | It was originally also used for cigars |
| Galician | In Galician, "cigarro" can also refer to a type of firework. |
| Georgian | The word |
| German | The German word "Zigarette" comes from the French word "cigarette", which in turn comes from the Spanish word "cigarrito", a diminutive of "cigarro" (cigar). |
| Greek | The word "τσιγάρο" comes from the Turkish word "çubuk," meaning "stick" or "pipe." |
| Gujarati | The word "সিগারেট" is also used to refer to a small, thin, cylindrical object that is rolled up and smoked, typically containing tobacco or other substances. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "sigarèt" can also mean "small cigar" in Haitian Creole. |
| Hausa | Sigari (cigarette) may also refer to an indigenous form of tobacco, which is inhaled into the mouth but not swallowed. |
| Hawaiian | The Hawaiian word "kakaka" can also mean "to smoke" or "to inhale". |
| Hebrew | "סִיגַרִיָה" is the Hebrew word for "cigarette", derived from the Spanish word "cigarro", meaning "cigar". |
| Hindi | The word 'सिगरेट' is derived from the French word 'cigarette', which in turn comes from the Spanish word 'cigarro', meaning 'small cigar'. |
| Hmong | The word "luam yeeb" can also mean "to puff" or "to inhale". |
| Hungarian | "Cigaretta" means "small cigar" in Italian, it's the diminutive of "cigarro". |
| Icelandic | The Icelandic word "sígarettu" is a loanword from Spanish, where it originally meant a small cigar. |
| Igbo | The Igbo word "sịga" derives from the Portuguese "cigarra". |
| Indonesian | Rokok also refers to tobacco used in a cigar or other similar products. |
| Irish | The word "toitín" can also refer to a type of cheap cigar or a small piece of paper rolled up and smoked. |
| Italian | The name 'sigaretta' comes from the Persian word 'sigareh', which means 'small cigar'. |
| Japanese | The word "cigarette" (シガレット) in Japanese is derived from the French word "cigarette", meaning "little cigar". |
| Javanese | The Javanese word "rokok" can also mean "to smoke" or "tobacco" |
| Kannada | The word "cigarette" originates from the French word "cigarette", which in turn comes from the Spanish word "cigarillo", meaning "small cigar". |
| Kazakh | In Kazakh, "темекі" originally meant "tobacco", but now primarily refers to "cigarettes". |
| Khmer | "បារី" also means "to spit" because people who spit a lot usually smoke cigarettes. |
| Korean | 담배의 어원은 '담배풀'로, 원래는 담배풀을 말하던 것이나 지금은 담배를 지칭하는 말로 굳어졌다. |
| Kurdish | The word 'cixare' is derived from the Persian word 'sigare', which itself is a derivative of the French word 'cigare'. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "тамеки" translates to "cigarette", but it literally means "little horse" in Turkic languages. |
| Lao | The Lao word “ຢາສູບ” (cigarette) originated from the Chinese word “yàn” (literally smoke), meaning a drug for smoking. |
| Latin | The word 'cigarette' comes from the Latin word 'cicada', meaning 'small insect'. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "cigarete" can also refer to a type of small, thin, and rolled pastry filled with various ingredients. |
| Lithuanian | The word "cigaretė" comes from the French word "cigarette" which itself comes from the Spanish word "cigarrillo" which is the diminutive of "cigarro" meaning "cigar". |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word "Zigarette" comes from the French word "cigarette", but is sometimes also used for "joint". |
| Macedonian | In the 19th century, in some parts of Macedonia, "цигара" meant "cigarette paper". |
| Malagasy | In Malagasy, "sigara" is derived from the Spanish word "cigarro" and also means "to smoke". |
| Malay | "Rokok" is also a word for "tobacco" in Malay, suggesting its close association with cigarettes. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word 'സിഗരറ്റ്' originates from the French word 'cigarette', which in turn comes from the Spanish word 'cigarro' meaning 'small cigar'. |
| Maltese | Despite being spelled similarly to 'cigarette', 'sigarett' actually comes from the Arabic word for 'small', and refers to small fish. |
| Maori | The word 'hikareti' also means 'fire-bringer' in Maori. |
| Marathi | सिगारेट (cigarette) is derived from the Spanish word "cigarro" and the French word "cigarette", both meaning "little cigar". |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "тамхи" (cigarette) is derived from the Chinese word "煙" (yan), meaning "smoke". |
| Nepali | The word 'सिगरेट' (cigarette) in Nepali is derived from the French word 'cigarette', which in turn comes from the Spanish word 'cigarro', meaning 'small cigar'. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "sigarett" originally referred to cigars that were smoked through a paper tube. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "ndudu" in Nyanja (Chichewa) is derived from the word "dudu" meaning "smoke" or "to smoke". |
| Pashto | The word "سګريټ" can also mean "small pipe" in Pashto. |
| Persian | The word "سیگار" can also refer to a type of traditional Iranian tobacco pipe, called a "ghalyoon". |
| Polish | The word "papieros" originated from the French "papier" ("paper") and Latin "rosa" ("rose"), likely referring to the thin paper used to roll tobacco and the rosy tint of the burning end. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | "Cigarro" also refers to the action or habit of smoking cigarettes, e.g. "Ele tem o cigarro fácil" (lit.: "He has easy smoking"). |
| Punjabi | The word "ਸਿਗਰੇਟ" (cigarette) comes from the French word "cigarette", which in turn comes from the Spanish word "cigarro", meaning "small cigar". |
| Romanian | The Romanian word "ţigară" derives from the French word "cigare", which in turn comes from the Spanish word "cigarro", meaning "cigar". |
| Russian | The word "сигарета" (cigarette) in Russian comes from the French word "cigare" (cigar), which in turn comes from the Spanish word "cigarro" (cigar). |
| Samoan | The root word 'sika' means to light or set fire to (something), whereas 'leti' means fire. |
| Scots Gaelic | The word "toitean" likely derives from the French "tabac" via Irish, originally a place-name for a location in Haiti. |
| Serbian | The Serbian word "цигарета" (cigarette) ultimately derives from the French word "cigare", |
| Sesotho | "Sekarete" derives from the Afrikaans word "sigaar" (cigar), likely introduced to Sesotho through migrant labor and trade. |
| Shona | "Mudzanga" also means "little fire" in Shona, referring to the glowing ember at the end of a cigarette. |
| Sindhi | The word 'سگريٽ' is borrowed from French 'cigarette'. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word 'සිගරට්' ('cigarette') is derived from the French word 'cigarette', which in turn comes from the Spanish word 'cigarro', meaning 'cigar'. |
| Slovak | In Slovak, the word "cigareta" can refer to either a cigarette or a marijuana joint. |
| Slovenian | "Cigareta" means "cigarette" in Slovenian and the word derives from "cigaro" (cigar) which is a diminutive of the Spanish word "cigarro" (cigar). |
| Somali | The word 'sigaar' can also mean tobacco in general in Somali.} |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "cigarrillo" can also refer to a small, thin cigar, typically made with dark tobacco. |
| Sundanese | In Sudanese slang, the term "roko" can also refer to a small or low-quality object. |
| Swahili | Swahili word "sigara" derives from the Persian word "sigar" or the Spanish word "cigarro", both meaning "a roll of tobacco for smoking." |
| Swedish | The word "cigarett" in Swedish originally meant "small cigar" and "tobacco wrapped in paper" |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | **Sigarilyo** is derived from Spanish "cigarrillo" but has the colloquial connotation of meaning "bad luck" or "unfortunate coincidence" as it sounds similar to "Sigarilyas" (bad luck). |
| Tajik | Derived from Russian "сигарета" and cognate of English "cigare". |
| Tamil | The word "சிகரெட்" (cigarette) is derived from the French word "cigarette", which in turn comes from the Spanish word "cigarro", meaning "small cigar". |
| Telugu | In Telugu, "సిగరెట్" (cigarette) also refers to a small container for spices like cloves. |
| Thai | "บุหรี่" is a loanword from the Spanish "cigarro", the word for "cigar". In contemporary Thai it specifically refers to modern manufactured cigarettes. |
| Turkish | The Turkish word sigara is derived from the Persian word "sigar" meaning "small cigar" |
| Ukrainian | The word "сигарету" (cigarette) comes from the French word "cigarette", which in turn originates from the Spanish word "cigarro" |
| Urdu | The alternative meaning of "سگریٹ" is "a small, cylindrical piece of paper filled with tobacco". |
| Uzbek | In Uzbek, "sigaret" also refers to a type of small, thin pastry filled with nuts and spices. |
| Vietnamese | Thuốc lá originally meant medicinal herbs in Vietnamese and is related to the verb 'hút' meaning 'to smoke', but nowadays the word almost exclusively means cigarette. |
| Welsh | "Sigarét" is cognate with "sigaret" in Indonesian, "cigara" in Czech, and "zigarre" in German - all meaning "cigar". |
| Xhosa | Umdiza, which also means "smoke," likely comes from the verb "diza," meaning "to smoke" or "to inhale." |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish word "פּאַפּיראָס" (cigarette) is derived from the Greek word "πάπυρος" (papyrus), as cigarettes were originally rolled using papyrus paper. |
| Yoruba | The word 'siga' is derived from the Yoruba word 'si' (to smoke) and 'ga' (fire). |
| Zulu | The term 'ugwayi' stems from the Zulu word 'gwayi', meaning 'to smoke'. |
| English | "Cigarette" comes from the French for "small cigar" ("cigarrette") and was adopted into English in the 19th century. |