- cigar
- ci|gar [ sı`gar ] noun counta tube of dried tobacco leaves that people smoke. Cigars are bigger than cigarettes and do not have paper around them.
Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.
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Cigar — en mai 2006 au Kentucky Horse Park. Père : Palace Music Mère : Solar View … Wikipédia en Français
Cigar — Ci*gar (s[i^]*g[aum]r ), n. [Sp. cigarro, orig., a kind of tobacco in the island of Cuba: cf. F. cigare.] A small roll of tobacco, used for smoking. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
cigar — (n.) 1730, from Sp. cigarro, probably from Maya sicar to smoke rolled tobacco leaves, from si c tobacco; or from or influenced by Sp. cigarra grasshopper (on resemblance of shape) … Etymology dictionary
cigar — ► NOUN ▪ a cylinder of tobacco rolled in tobacco leaves for smoking. ORIGIN French cigare, probably from a Mayan word meaning smoking … English terms dictionary
cigar — [si gär′] n. [Sp cigarro, prob. < Maya sicar, to smoke rolled tobacco leaves < sīć, tobacco] a cylindrical roll of cured tobacco for smoking, consisting of cut tobacco wrapped in a tobacco leaf … English World dictionary
Cigar — For other uses, see Cigar (disambiguation). From the Spanish cigarro cigar , which was perhaps derived from the Spanish cigarra cicada (OED) … Wikipedia
cigar — cigarless, adj. cigarlike, adj. /si gahr /, n. 1. a more or less cylindrical roll of tobacco cured for smoking, of any of various lengths, thicknesses, degrees of straightness, etc., usually wrapped in a tobacco leaf. 2. no cigar, Informal. not… … Universalium
cigar — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fat ▪ expensive ▪ cheap ▪ lit, unlit ▪ Cuban … O … Collocations dictionary
Cigar — A small roll of tobacco leaf for smoking. The word cigar, from the Spanish cigarro, first appeared in English in 1730. In 1998, a National Cancer Institute report outlined cause and effect connections between cigar smoking and disease, including… … Medical dictionary
cigar — n. 1) to light (up); puff on; smoke a cigar 2) a Havana cigar * * * puff on smoke a cigar a Havana cigar to light (up) … Combinatory dictionary
čígar — zaim. neskl. (ȋ) izraža lastnino posamezne moške osebe, na katero se nanaša: kmet, čigar hiša je zgorela; sosed, na čigar pomoč se zanaša // neustalj. izraža pripadnost stvarnemu ali pojmovnemu imenu moškega ali srednjega spola; katerega:… … Slovar slovenskega knjižnega jezika
