cig

See also: çiğ and çığ

English

Etymology

Clipping of cigarette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪɡ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪɡ
• Homophone: sig

Noun

cig (plural cigs)

1. (informal) Cigarette.
   • 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 366:

     "You working with Fisheye?" Ng says, lighting up cig. The smoke swirls in the air ostentatiously.

   • 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

• cigalike
• ciggie
• e-cig

Anagrams

• CGI, GIC, GCI, IGC

French

Etymology

Clipping of cigarette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siɡ/

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”)
• cig eidion (“beef”)
• cig moch (“pork”)
• cigog (“meaty”)
• cigydd (“butcher, shrike”)
• cigysol (“carnivorous”)
• cwpwrdd cig (“meat safe”)
• pelen gig (“meatball”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cig

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cig	gig	nghig	chig

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “cig”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “cig”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies