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A broken heart is what makes life so wonderful five years later, when you see the guy in an elevator and he is fat and smoking a cigar and saying long-time-no-see.
Phyllis Battelle

Meaning of "cigar" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CIGAR

From Spanish cigarro, perhaps from Mayan sicar to smoke.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CIGAR

cigar  [sɪˈɡɑː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CIGAR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cigar is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CIGAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

cigar

Cigar

A cigar is a tightly-rolled bundle of dried and fermented tobacco that is ignited so that its smoke may be drawn into the mouth. Cigar tobacco is grown in significant quantities in Brazil, Cameroon, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Honduras, Indonesia, Mexico, Nicaragua, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, Canary Islands, Italy and the Eastern United States. The origins of cigar smoking are still unknown. In Guatemala, a ceramic pot dating back to the tenth century features a Mayan smoking tobacco leaves tied together with a string. Sikar, the term for smoking used by the Maya may have inspired the name cigar.

Definition of cigar in the English dictionary

The definition of cigar in the dictionary is a cylindrical roll of cured tobacco leaves, for smoking.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CIGAR


begar
bɪˈɡɑː
budgerigar
ˈbʌdʒərɪˌɡɑː
Bulgar
ˈbʌlɡɑː
Chandigarh
ˌtʃʌndɪˈɡɑː
changa
ˈtʃʌŋˌɡɑː
Chhattisgarh
ˌtʃʌtɪsˈɡɑː
dargah
ˈdɜːɡɑː
Elgar
ˈɛlɡɑː
gaga
ˈɡɑːɡɑː
gar
ɡɑː
gare
ɡɑː
Hagar
ˈheɪɡɑː
Jamnagar
ˌdʒæmnəˈɡɑː
kaika
kɑːiːəŋɡɑː
kanga
ˈkɑːŋɡɑː
Kashgar
ˈkɑːʃˈɡɑː
Mullingar
ˌmʌlɪnˈɡɑː
nougat
ˈnuːɡɑː
runanga
ˈruːnɑːəŋɡɑː
segar
sɪˈɡɑː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CIGAR

cig
cigar case
cigar holder
cigar lighter
cigar-shaped
cigaret
cigarette
cigarette ash
cigarette burn
cigarette butt
cigarette card
cigarette case
cigarette end
cigarette holder
cigarette lighter
cigarette machine
cigarette paper
cigarette smoke
cigarillo
cigarlike

WORDS THAT END LIKE CIGAR

agar
Ahmednagar
balsamic vinegar
beggar
Bhavnagar
blood sugar
brown sugar
cider vinegar
cougar
Edgar
hangar
Havana cigar
phansigar
sangar
soft brown sugar
Srinagar
sugar
Trafalgar
vinegar
vulgar

Synonyms and antonyms of cigar in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cigar» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CIGAR

Find out the translation of cigar to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cigar from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cigar» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

雪茄
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cigarro
570 millions of speakers

English

cigar
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सिगार
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سِيجَار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сигара
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

charuto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চুরূট
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cigare
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cerutu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zigarre
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

葉巻
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

시가
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cerutu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

điếu xì gà
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிகார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सिगार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

puro
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sigaro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cygaro
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сигара
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

țigară
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πούρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sigaar
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cigarr
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sigar
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cigar

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CIGAR»

The term «cigar» is very widely used and occupies the 17.903 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CIGAR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cigar» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cigar» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cigar

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10 QUOTES WITH «CIGAR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cigar.
1
Steve Allen
Asthma doesn't seem to bother me any more unless I'm around cigars or dogs. The thing that would bother me most would be a dog smoking a cigar.
2
Lynda Barry
Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke.
3
Phyllis Battelle
A broken heart is what makes life so wonderful five years later, when you see the guy in an elevator and he is fat and smoking a cigar and saying long-time-no-see.
4
Garth Brooks
That smell of freshly cut grass makes me think of Friday night football in high school. The smell of popcorn and cigar smoke reminds me of the stadium. The cutting of the grass reminds me of the August practice.
5
George Burns
Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.
6
Joseph Conrad
There are men here and there to whom the whole of life is like an after-dinner hour with a cigar; easy, pleasant, empty, perhaps enlivened by some fable of strife to be forgotten - before the end is told - even if there happens to be any end to it.
7
Bobby Darin
Mr. Burns comes out and flips cigar ashes on his shoes, and makes up about 90 percent of what you hear.
8
Jonathan Dimbleby
For a few months when I was about 17, I smoked a small cigar because I thought it looked cool and it would get me the girls. It didn't.
9
Daisy Fuentes
I just smoked a Cohiba the other day. It was great. You have to appreciate everything that cigar is.
10
Robert M. Gates
A wild and crazy weekend involves sitting on the front porch, smoking a cigar, reading a book.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CIGAR»

Discover the use of cigar in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cigar and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cigar: America's Horse
The fascinating story of the most talked about Thoroughbred since Secretariat.
Jay Hovdey, 1999
2
Cigar Companion
With a wealth of useful information, this is an essential reference for both connoisseurs and those just beginning to appreciate the pleasures of cigars.
Marvin R. Shanken, 2005
3
Cigar aficionado's world of cigars
Combines profiles of noted cigar aficionados with a fascinating tour through the tobacco fields and factories of the leading cigar-manufacturing countries, and includes sections on cigar accessories.
Marvin R. Shanken, 1996
4
The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and ...
On July 28, 1841, the body of Mary Rogers, a twenty-year-old cigar girl, was found floating in the Hudson-and New York's unregulated police force proved incapable of solving the crime.
Daniel Stashower, 2007
5
Once a Cigar Maker: Men, Women, and Work Culture in American ...
Drawing on a range of historical and sociological approaches to studying corporate institutions, Cooper examines the relationship between institutional organization and aesthetic conventions during the formative years when women filmmakers ...
Patricia Ann Cooper, 1987
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Cigar Aficionado's Pocket Guide.
Handy references no true aficionado should be without!
Marvin R. Shanken, 1998
7
Full-Color Cigar Labels
Admired for their fine detail and decorative flourishes, the labels that once adorned cigar boxes were masterpieces of early commercial art.
Dover, Dover Publications Inc, 2003
8
The Good Cigar: A Celebration of the Art of Cigar Smoking
For the millions of aficionados who knew the cigar was never gone, and for those just recently acquainted with this glorious emblem of the good life, here is a celebration of cigars and cigar smoking that will enhance an evening by the ...
H. Paul Jeffers, Kevin Gordon, 2002
9
Churchill's Cigar: A Lifelong Love Affair Through War and Peace
A Lifelong Love Affair Through War and Peace Stephen McGinty. rain-forest, passed the shark reef with its crowd-pulling tiger sharks and listened to the soulless trill of the one- arm bandits, designed of course to rob with the skill of two .
Stephen McGinty, 2011
10
Capitalism, God, and a Good Cigar: Cuba Enters the ...
Including more than seventy striking documentary photographs of Cuba’s people, countryside, and city streets, this richly illustrated collection offers keen, even-handed insights into the abundant ironies of life in Cuba today.
Lydia Chavez, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CIGAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cigar is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Steve Saka Returns With New Cigar: Sobremesa
"The 'Trust' part," of the name, said Saka in an interview with Cigar Insider, "stems from a turn-of-the-century bank building I am attempting to ... «Cigar Aficionado, Jul 15»
2
Barry Stein's KILO Returns With United Cigar Group
Stein started working on the cigar in 2013 when he was with Miami Cigar & Co. as its director of social media. However, early last year he left ... «halfwheel.com, Jul 15»
3
Sport picture of the day: close but no cigar
Craig Overton of Somerset has a lucky escape as Matthew Hobden of Sussex fails to hold onto a diving catch at mid off during day three of the ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Cigar Review: Tatuaje La Vérité Churchill 2008
“That cigar is smoking incredibly right now.” Partly based on Pete's recommendation—and partly knowing that La Vérité Churchills from 2008 ... «Stogie Guys Online Cigar Magazine, Jul 15»
5
New La Palina Red Label Coming to IPCPR
The Red Label Collection will be packaged in boxes of 20, and is expected to retail for around $10 per cigar. La Palina plans to begin shipping ... «Cigar Aficionado, Jul 15»
6
Guayacan Sabor de Chattanooga TweetUp Cigar Coming
Noel Rojas, owner of Guayacan Cigars, contacted Burns Tobacconist several weeks ago about creating a special “Tweet-Up Exclusive” cigar. «The Cigar Authority, Jul 15»
7
Historic Tampa cigar factory's fate was sealed before fire
TAMPA — The La Mega Cigar Factory once was a vital part of Tampa's Palmetto Beach neighborhood, employing hundreds of workers just ... «TBO.com, Jul 15»
8
Mario Lopez Under Attack After Caught Smoking A Cigar While …
Mario Lopez is amid controversy after he posed for a picture smoking a cigar while his son, 20-month-old Dominic, was sitting on his lap. «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
9
The Cigar Guys International Announces Nationwide Veterans …
The Cigar Guys International smoked out their first event in 2006 and has provided cigars to over 1,000 weddings and hundreds of corporate ... «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
10
Close, but no cigar as B-Mets drop rubber game
BINGHAMTON, NY – The Binghamton Mets left eight on base in their 5-4 loss to the Portland Sea Dogs Monday night at NYSEG Stadium. «FOX 40 News WICZ TV, Jul 15»

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