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

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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.

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Noun edit

smoking m (plural smokings)

  1. tuxedo, dinner jacket

Descendants edit

  • Finnish: smokki
  • Turkish: smokin

Further reading edit

Italian edit

 
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Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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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:
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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:
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Etymology edit

From English smoking jacket.

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

  1. tuxedo

Polish edit

 
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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

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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.

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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.

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smoking m (plural smoking)

  1. Obsolete spelling of esmoquin

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

Ellipsis of English smoking jacket.

Pronunciation edit

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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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