"cig" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈsɪɡ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cig.wav [Southern-England] Forms: cigs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪɡ Etymology: Clipping of cigarette. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|cigarette}} Clipping of cigarette Head templates: {{en-noun}} cig (plural cigs)
  1. (informal) cigarette Tags: informal Categories (topical): Smoking Derived forms: e-cig
    Sense id: en-cig-en-noun-vdqH68gA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for cig meaning in English (1.4kB)

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cigarette"
      },
      "expansion": "Clipping of cigarette",
      "name": "clipping"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of cigarette.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cigs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cig (plural cigs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Smoking",
          "orig": "en:Smoking",
          "parents": [
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "e-cig"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cigarette"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "cigarette",
          "cigarette"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) cigarette"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɪɡ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪɡ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sig"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cig"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "e-cig"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "cigarette"
      },
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      "name": "clipping"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Clipping of cigarette.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cigs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cig (plural cigs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "English clippings",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with homophones",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪɡ",
        "Rhymes:English/ɪɡ/1 syllable",
        "en:Smoking"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "cigarette"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cigarette",
          "cigarette"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) cigarette"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɪɡ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪɡ"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "sig"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cig.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f4/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cig.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-cig.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cig"
}

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