# cigarette

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɪ.ɡə.ɹɛt/ · frequency rank #6,449

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

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Latin cicādader.
Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a
Spanish cigarra?
Spanish cigarrobor.
French cigare
French -ette
French cigarettebor.
English cigarette
Borrowed from French cigarette, from cigare, from Spanish cigarro + diminutive suffix -ette. By surface analysis, cigar + -ette.

## Common misspellings (11)
`ccigarette`, `cgiarette`, `ciagrette`, `cigaertte`, `cigarete`, `cigaretet`, `cigarrette`, `cigartete`, `ciggarette`, `cigraette`, `icgarette`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/cigarette