cig

See also: çiğ

English

Etymology

Clipping of cigarette.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪɡ/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪɡ
  • Homophone: sig

Noun

cig (plural cigs)

  1. (informal) cigarette

Derived terms

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Clipping of cigarette.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /si/

Noun

cig f (plural cigs)

  1. (Quebec, informal) cigarette

Romagnol

Etymology

Inherited from Latin caecus (“blind”) via /ɛː/ > /i/.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Southeastern Romagnol):
  • (Borderline Romagnol):

Adjective

cig m (San Marino)

  1. blind

References
  1. Vitali, Daniele, Pioggia, Davide (2016) Dialetti romagnoli [Romagnol dialects] (in Italian), 2 edition, Verucchio: Pazzini Stampatore Editore srl, page 169

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kic, from Proto-Brythonic *kig (“meat”), from Proto-Celtic *kīkos (“breast”); compare Breton kig (“meat”), Old Irish cích (“breast”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kiːɡ/
  • Rhymes: -iːɡ

Noun

cig m (plural cigoedd)

  1. meat (animal flesh used as food)

Derived terms
  • briwgig (“minced meat”)
  • cigog (“meaty”)
  • cigydd (“butcher, shrike”)
  • cigysol (“carnivorous”)
  • cwpwrdd cig (“meat safe”)
  • pelen gig (“meatball”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cig gig nghig chig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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