smoking
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsməʊkɪŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsmoʊkɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊkɪŋ
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
- present participle and gerund of smoke
Adjective edit
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 terms edit
Translations edit
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Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English smokyng, smokynge, equivalent to smoke + -ing.
Noun edit
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 terms edit
Translations edit
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References edit
- “smoking”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Czech edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.
Noun edit
smoking m inan
Declension edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
smoking c (singular definite smokingen, plural indefinite smokinger)
Inflection edit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | smoking | smokingen | smokinger | smokingerne |
genitive | smokings | smokingens | smokingers | smokingernes |
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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!
French edit
Etymology edit
From English smoking jacket, pseudo-anglicism.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
smoking m (plural smokings)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “smoking”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French smoking, a pseudo-anglicism, derived from smoking jacket.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
smoking m (invariable)
References edit
- ^ smoking in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From English smoking jacket.
Noun edit
smoking m (definite singular smokingen, indefinite plural smokinger, definite plural smokingene)
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From English smoking jacket.
Noun edit
smoking m (definite singular smokingen, indefinite plural smokingar, definite plural smokingane)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French smoking, a pseudo-anglicism, derived from smoking (jacket).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
smoking m inan
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | smoking | smokingi |
genitive | smokingu | smokingów |
dative | smokingowi | smokingom |
accusative | smoking | smokingi |
instrumental | smokingiem | smokingami |
locative | smokingu | smokingach |
vocative | smokingu | smokingi |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French smoking, ultimately a pseudo-anglicism, derived from smoking jacket.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
smoking m (plural smokings)
- tuxedo (formal suit)
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
smòking m (Cyrillic spelling смо̀кинг)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | smoking | smokinzi |
genitive | smokinga | smokinga |
dative | smokingu | smokinzima |
accusative | smoking | smokinge |
vocative | smokinže / smokingu | smokinzi |
locative | smokingu | smokinzima |
instrumental | smokingom | smokinzima |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French smoking, pseudo-anglicism, from English smoking jacket.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
smoking m (plural smoking)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Ellipsis of English smoking jacket.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
smoking c
Declension edit
Declension of smoking | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | smoking | smokingen | smokingar | smokingarna |
Genitive | smokings | smokingens | smokingars | smokingarnas |