smoking
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsməʊkɪŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsmoʊkɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊkɪŋ
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English smokynge, smokiende, from Old English smociende (“smoking”), from Proto-Germanic *smukōndz (“emitting smoke, smoking”), equivalent to smoke + -ing.
VerbEdit
smoking
AdjectiveEdit
smoking (comparative more smoking, superlative most smoking)
- 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.
- (slang) Sexually attractive, usually referring to a woman.
- That woman is smoking!
- (slang) Showing great skill or talent.
- The band put on a smoking performance.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle English smokyng, smokynge, equivalent to smoke + -ing.
NounEdit
smoking (countable and uncountable, plural smokings)
- The act or process of emitting smoke.
- 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.
- (by extension) The burning and inhalation of other substances, e.g. marijuana.
- The act of exposing (something) to smoke; (by extension) the process by which foods are cured or flavoured by smoke
- (slang, obsolete) A bantering; teasing; mockery.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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ReferencesEdit
- “smoking”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
CzechEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.
NounEdit
smoking m
DeclensionEdit
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
smoking c (singular definite smokingen, plural indefinite smokinger)
InflectionEdit
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | smoking | smokingen | smokinger | smokingerne |
| genitive | smokings | smokingens | smokingers | smokingernes |
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
smoking m (plural smokings, diminutive smokinkje n)
- 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!
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English smoking jacket, pseudo-anglicism.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
smoking m (plural smokings)
DescendantsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “smoking”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
smoking m (invariable)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ smoking in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English smoking jacket.
NounEdit
smoking m (definite singular smokingen, indefinite plural smokinger, definite plural smokingene)
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English smoking jacket.
NounEdit
smoking m (definite singular smokingen, indefinite plural smokingar, definite plural smokingane)
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French smoking, a pseudo-anglicism, derived from smoking (jacket).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
smoking m inan
DeclensionEdit
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | smoking | smokingi |
| genitive | smokingu | smokingów |
| dative | smokingowi | smokingom |
| accusative | smoking | smokingi |
| instrumental | smokingiem | smokingami |
| locative | smokingu | smokingach |
| vocative | smokingu | smokingi |
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- smoking in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- smoking in Polish dictionaries at PWN
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.
NounEdit
smoking m (plural smokings)
- tuxedo (formal suit)
Serbo-CroatianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
smòking m (Cyrillic spelling смо̀кинг)
DeclensionEdit
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | smoking | smokinzi |
| genitive | smokinga | smokinga |
| dative | smokingu | smokinzima |
| accusative | smoking | smokinge |
| vocative | smokinže / smokingu | smokinzi |
| locative | smokingu | smokinzima |
| instrumental | smokingom | smokinzima |
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
smoking m (plural smoking)
- Obsolete spelling of esmoquin
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ellipsis of English smoking jacket.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
smoking c
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of smoking | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | smoking | smokingen | smokingar | smokingarna |
| Genitive | smokings | smokingens | smokingars | smokingarnas |