cig

See also: çiğ

English

Etymology

Clipping of cigarette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪɡ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪɡ
• Homophone: sig

Noun

cig (plural cigs)

1. (informal) Cigarette.
   • 2023 September 22, HarryBlank, “Off Track”, in SCP Foundation‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 May 2024:

     "You can have my food," Brenda managed, "but at least leave me a pack of cigs, alright?"

Derived terms

• e-cig

Anagrams

• CGI, GIC, GCI

French

Etymology

Clipping of cigarette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si/

Noun

cig f (plural cigs)

1. (Quebec, informal) cigarette

Romagnol

Etymology

Inherited from Latin caecus (“blind”) via /ɛː/ > /i/.

Pronunciation

• (Southeastern Romagnol):

• (Borderline Romagnol):

• (San Marino): IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ʃiːɡ]

Adjective

cig m (San Marino)

1. blind

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kic, from Proto-Brythonic *kig (“meat”), from Proto-Celtic *kīkos (“breast”); compare Breton kig (“meat”), Old Irish cích (“breast”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kiːɡ/
• Rhymes: -iːɡ

Noun

cig m (plural cigoedd)

1. meat (animal flesh used as food)

Derived terms

• briwgig (“minced meat”)
• cigog (“meaty”)
• cigydd (“butcher, shrike”)
• cigysol (“carnivorous”)
• cwpwrdd cig (“meat safe”)
• pelen gig (“meatball”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cig	gig	nghig	chig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.