smoking

See also: Smoking and smóking

English

Pronunciation

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

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• Rhymes: -əʊkɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English smokynge, smokiende, from Old English smociende (“smoking”), from Proto-Germanic *smukōndz (“emitting smoke, smoking”), equivalent to smoke +‎ -ing.

Verb

smoking

1. present participle of smoke

Adjective

smoking (comparative more smoking, superlative most smoking)

1. Giving off smoke.
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.

Derived terms

• smoking gun
• smoking hot

Translations

giving off smoke

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

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

Sexually attractive, usually referring to a woman

• Portuguese: gostoso (pt)

• Russian: привлека́тельный (ru) (privlekátelʹnyj)

Etymology 2

From Middle English smokyng, smokynge, equivalent to smoke +‎ -ing.

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• no smoking
• smoking car, smoking carriage, smoking compartment
• smoking jacket
• smoking room

Translations

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 (cs) 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
• Irish: caitheamh tobac m
• Italian: fumare (it), tabagismo (it)
• Japanese: 喫煙 (ja) (きつえん, kitsuen)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 흡연 (ko) (heubyeon) (吸煙 (ko)), 끽연 (ko) (kkigyeon) (喫煙 (ko))

• Latvian: smēķēšana f
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: пу́шење n (púšenje)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: røyking m or 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
• Tagalog: paninigarilyo
• 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 (cs) n
• Finnish: savuaminen (fi)
• Greek: κάπνισμα (el) n (kápnisma)

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

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Czech

Alternative forms

• smokink

Etymology

Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.

Noun

smoking m

1. dinner jacket, tuxedo

Declension

Declension

	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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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

smoking c (singular definite smokingen, plural indefinite smokinger)

1. black tie, dinner jacket, tuxedo

Inflection

Declension of smoking

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

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmoː.kɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: smo‧king

Noun

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!

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French

Etymology

From English smoking jacket, pseudo-anglicism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smɔ.kiŋ/

Noun

smoking m (plural smokings)

1. tuxedo, dinner jacket

Further reading

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

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.

Noun

smoking m (invariable)

1. tuxedo, dinner jacket

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English smoking jacket

Noun

smoking m (definite singular smokingen, indefinite plural smokinger, definite plural smokingene)

1. tuxedo

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English smoking jacket

Noun

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

1. tuxedo

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmɔ.kʲink/

Noun

smoking m inan

1. tuxedo, dinner jacket

Declension

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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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.

Noun

smoking m (plural smokings)

1. tuxedo (formal suit)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

smòking m (Cyrillic spelling смо̀кинг)

1. tuxedo, dinner jacket

Declension

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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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.

Noun

smoking m (plural smoking)

1. Obsolete spelling of esmoquin