smoking

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See also: Smoking and smóking

English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle English smokynge, smokiende, from Old English smociende (smoking), from Proto-Germanic *smukōndz (emitting smoke, smoking), equivalent to smoke +‎ -ing.

Verb[edit]

smoking

  1. present participle and gerund of smoke

Adjective[edit]

smoking (comparative more smoking, superlative most smoking)

  1. Giving off smoke.
    • 2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:
      Yet had the whole train and all its bombs gone, had the engine crew merely jumped from the train and run as simple self-preservation would have suggested, or unhitched just the engine to make their escape faster, the whole town would have gone and most of the people with it, leaving just a smoking wasteland. Hundreds would have died.
  2. (slang) Sexually attractive, usually referring to a woman.
    That woman is smoking!
  3. (slang) Showing great skill or talent.
    The band put on a smoking performance.
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Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle English smokyng, smokynge, equivalent to smoke +‎ -ing.

Noun[edit]

smoking (countable and uncountable, plural smokings)

  1. The act or process of emitting smoke.
  2. The burning and inhalation of tobacco.
    Smoking can lead to lung cancer.
    • 2012, Montgomery J. Granger, Saving Grace at Guantanamo Bay: A Memoir of a Citizen Warrior:
      He had the loudest voice of any drill sergeant, and seemed to enjoy the group smokings as well as the individual smokings.
  3. (by extension) The burning and inhalation of other substances, e.g. marijuana.
  4. The act of exposing (something) to smoke; (by extension) the process by which foods are cured or flavoured by smoke
  5. (slang, obsolete) A bantering; teasing; mockery.
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Czech[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.

Noun[edit]

smoking m inan

  1. dinner jacket, tuxedo

Declension[edit]

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /smoːkenɡ/, [ˈsmoːkʰeŋ], /smovkenɡ/, [ˈsmɔwkʰeŋ]

Noun[edit]

smoking c (singular definite smokingen, plural indefinite smokinger)

  1. black tie, dinner jacket, tuxedo

Inflection[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsmoː.kɪŋ/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: smo‧king

Noun[edit]

smoking m (plural smokings, diminutive smokinkje n)

  1. smoking jacket, black tie, dinner jacket, tuxedo [from late 19th c.]
    Ha, hij ziet eruit als een pinguïn in die smoking!
    Hah, he looks like a penguin in that tuxedo!

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English smoking jacket, pseudo-anglicism.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

smoking m (plural smokings)

  1. tuxedo, dinner jacket

Descendants[edit]

  • Finnish: smokki
  • Turkish: smokin

Further reading[edit]

Italian[edit]

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French smoking, a pseudo-anglicism, derived from smoking jacket.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

smoking m (invariable)

  1. tuxedo, dinner jacket

References[edit]

  1. ^ smoking in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology[edit]

From English smoking jacket.

Noun[edit]

smoking m (definite singular smokingen, indefinite plural smokinger, definite plural smokingene)

  1. tuxedo

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology[edit]

From English smoking jacket.

Noun[edit]

smoking m (definite singular smokingen, indefinite plural smokingar, definite plural smokingane)

  1. tuxedo

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French smoking, a pseudo-anglicism, derived from smoking (jacket).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

smoking m inan

  1. dinner jacket, tuxedo

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

adjective

Further reading[edit]

  • smoking in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • smoking in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French smoking, ultimately a pseudo-anglicism, derived from smoking jacket.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

Noun[edit]

smoking m (plural smokings)

  1. tuxedo (formal suit)

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /smǒkinɡ/
  • Hyphenation: smo‧king

Noun[edit]

smòking m (Cyrillic spelling смо̀кинг)

  1. tuxedo, dinner jacket

Declension[edit]

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

smoking m (plural smoking)

  1. Obsolete spelling of esmoquin

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ellipsis of English smoking jacket.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

smoking c

  1. tuxedo, dinner jacket

Declension[edit]

Declension of smoking 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative smoking smokingen smokingar smokingarna
Genitive smokings smokingens smokingars smokingarnas

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