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smoking

See also: Smoking, and smóking

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

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smoking

  1. present participle and gerund of smoke

Adjective

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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

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

Noun

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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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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smoking m inan

  1. dinner jacket, tuxedo

Declension

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Declension of smoking (velar masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative smoking smokingy
genitive smokingu smokingů
dative smokingu smokingům
accusative smoking smokingy
vocative smokingu smokingy
locative smokingu smokinzích
instrumental smokingem smokingy

Danish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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smoking c (singular definite smokingen, plural indefinite smokinger)

  1. black tie, dinner jacket, tuxedo

Inflection

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

Dutch

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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Etymology

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From English smoking jacket, pseudo-anglicism.

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Noun

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smoking m (plural smokings)

  1. tuxedo, dinner jacket
    • 1925, Maurice Dekobra, La Madone des sleepings:
      Varichkine avait endossé un smoking que nul dandy londonien n’eût renié, un smoking à revers de moire, avec un gilet de faille noire, orné d’une chaîne de montre à breloque symbolique : la faucille et le marteau d’or semés de rubis.
      Varishkin had donned a tuxedo that no London dandy would have refused, a tuxedo with moire lapels, with a black faille waistcoat, adorned with a watch chain with a symbolic charm: the sickle and hammer, made of gold strewn with rubies.

Descendants

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  • → Finnish: smokki
  • → Turkish: smokin

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Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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smoking m (invariable)

  1. tuxedo, dinner jacket

References

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  1. ^ smoking in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From English smoking jacket.

Noun

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

  1. tuxedo

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From English smoking jacket.

Noun

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

  1. tuxedo

Polish

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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smoking m inan

  1. dinner jacket, tuxedo

Declension

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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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adjective

Further reading

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  • smoking in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • smoking in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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smoking m (plural smokings)

  1. tuxedo (formal suit)

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French smoking, from English smoking jacket.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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smòking m (Cyrillic spelling смо̀кинг)

  1. tuxedo, dinner jacket

Declension

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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

Spanish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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smoking m (plural smoking)

  1. Obsolete spelling of esmoquin.

Swedish

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en smoking

Etymology

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Ellipsis of English smoking jacket. First attested in 1895.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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smoking c

  1. a tuxedo; a dinner jacket

Declension

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Declension of smoking
nominative genitive
singular indefinite smoking smokings
definite smokingen smokingens
plural indefinite smokingar smokingars
definite smokingarna smokingarnas

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