smoking

See also: Smoking and smóking

Contents

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsməʊkɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsmoʊkɪŋ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -əʊkɪŋ

VerbEdit

smoking

1. present participle of smoke

NounEdit

smoking ‎(countable and uncountable, plural smokings)

1. 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.

2. (by extension) The burning and inhalation of other substances, e.g. marijuana.

Derived termsEdit

• smoking car, smoking carriage, smoking compartment
• smoking jacket
• smoking room

TranslationsEdit

smoking of tobacco

• Arabic: تَدْخِين m ‎(tadḵīn)
• Armenian: ծխելը ‎(cxelə), ծխում (hy) ‎(cxum)
• Belarusian: пале́нне n ‎(paljénnje), курэ́нне n ‎(kurénnje)
• Bulgarian: пу́шене n ‎(púšene), тютюнопу́шене (bg) n ‎(tjutjunopúšene)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 抽煙 (zh), 抽烟 (zh) ‎(chōuyān), 吸煙 (zh), 吸烟 (zh) ‎(xīyān)

• Czech: kouření n
• Danish: rygning c
• Dutch: roken (nl)
• Esperanto: fumado
• Estonian: suitsutamine
• Finnish: tupakointi (fi)
• French: tabagisme (fr)
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Rauchen (de) n
• Greek: κάπνισμα (el) n ‎(kápnisma)
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: धूम्रपान (hi) ‎(dhūmrapān)
• Hungarian: dohányzás (hu)
• Icelandic: reykingar f pl
• Italian: fumare (it), tabagismo (it)
• Japanese: 喫煙 (ja) ‎(きつえん, kitsuen)
• Korean: 흡연 (ko) ‎(heubyeon)

• Latvian: smēķēšana f
• Macedonian: пу́шење n ‎(púšenje)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: røyking m, f

  Nynorsk: røyking f

• Polish: palenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: fumo (pt) m, tabagismo (pt)
• Romanian: fumător (ro) m, fumătoare (ro) f, fumători m pl, fumătoare (ro) f pl
• Russian: куре́ние (ru) n ‎(kurénije), табакокуре́ние (ru) n ‎(tabakokurénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: smocadh m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пушење n

  Roman: pušenje (sh) n

• Slovak: fajčenie n
• Slovene: kajenje (sl) n
• Spanish: tabaquismo (es)
• Swedish: rökning (sv) c
• Telugu: ధూమపానము (te) ‎(dhūmapānamu)
• Thai: การสูบ (th) ‎(gaan sòop), การสูบบุหรี่ ‎(gaan sòop bù rèe)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: палі́ння n ‎(palínnja), курі́ння n ‎(kurínnja)
• Vietnamese: sự hút thuốc (vi)

action of giving off smoke

• Czech: kouření n
• Finnish: savuaminen (fi)
• Greek: κάπνισμα (el) n ‎(kápnisma)

• Macedonian: пу́шење n ‎(púšenje)
• Portuguese: esfumaçamento m
• Scottish Gaelic: smùideadh m

AdjectiveEdit

smoking ‎(comparative more smoking, superlative most smoking)

1. Giving off smoke.
2. (slang) Sexually attractive, usually referring to a woman.

   That woman is smoking!

Derived termsEdit

• smoking gun
• smoking hot

TranslationsEdit

giving off smoke

• Czech: kouřící
• Finnish: savuava (fi)
• Hungarian: füstölő (hu)
• Portuguese: esfumaçante

• Romanian: fumigen (ro) m, fumigenă f
• Russian: дымящий (ru) ‎(dymjaščij), коптящий (ru) ‎(koptjaščij), чадящий (ru) ‎(čadjaščij)
• Scottish Gaelic: smocadh, smùid
• Spanish: humeante m, f

Sexually attractive, usually referring to a woman

• Portuguese: gostoso (pt)

• Russian: привлека́тельный (ru) ‎(privlekátelʹnyj)

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CzechEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• smokink

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.

NounEdit

smoking m

1. dinner jacket, tuxedo

DeclensionEdit

Declension of smoking

	singular	plural
nominative	smoking	smokingy
genitive	smokingu	smokingů
dative	smokingu	smokingům
accusative	smoking	smokingy
vocative	smokingu	smokingy
locative	smokingu	smokinzích
instrumental	smokingem	smokingy

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DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /smoːkenɡ/, [ˈsmoːkʰeŋ], /smovkenɡ/, [ˈsmɔwkʰeŋ]

NounEdit

smoking c (singular definite smokingen, plural indefinite smokinger)

1. black tie, dinner jacket, tuxedo

InflectionEdit

Inflection of smoking

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	smoking	smokingen	smokinger	smokingerne
genitive	smokings	smokingens	smokingers	smokingernes

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English smoking jacket.

NounEdit

smoking m ‎(plural smokings)

1. tuxedo, dinner jacket

External linksEdit

• “smoking” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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ItalianEdit

Wikipedia ^it

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.

NounEdit

smoking m ‎(invariable)

1. tuxedo, dinner jacket

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PolishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.

NounEdit

smoking m inan

1. tuxedo, dinner jacket

DeclensionEdit

declension of smoking

	singular	plural
nominative	smoking	smokingi
genitive	smokingu	smokingów
dative	smokingowi	smokingom
accusative	smoking	smokingi
instrumental	smokingiem	smokingami
locative	smokingu	smokingach
vocative	smokingu	smokingi

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.

NounEdit

smoking m (plural smokings)

1. tuxedo (formal suit)

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /smǒkinɡ/
• Hyphenation: smo‧king

NounEdit

smòking m ‎(Cyrillic spelling смо̀кинг)

1. tuxedo, dinner jacket

DeclensionEdit

Declension of smoking

	singular	plural
nominative	smoking	smokinzi
genitive	smokinga	smokinga
dative	smokingu	smokinzima
accusative	smoking	smokinge
vocative	smokinže / smokingu	smokinzi
locative	smokingu	smokinzima
instrumental	smokingom	smokinzima

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SpanishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• esmoquin

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.

NounEdit

smoking m ‎(plural smoking)

1. tuxedo, dinner jacket