smoking

English

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• 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 and gerund of smoke

Adjective

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.

Derived terms

Translations

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

References

• “smoking”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Czech

Alternative forms

• smokink

Etymology

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

Noun

smoking m inan

1. dinner jacket, tuxedo

Declension

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smoːkenɡ/, , /smovkenɡ/,

Noun

smoking c (singular definite smokingen, plural indefinite smokinger)

1. black tie, dinner jacket, tuxedo

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmoː.kɪŋ/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: smo‧king

Noun

smoking m (plural smokings, diminutive smokinkje n)

1. smoking jacket, black tie, dinner jacket, tuxedo

   Ha, hij ziet eruit als een pinguïn in die smoking!

   Hah, he looks like a penguin in that tuxedo!

French

Etymology

From English smoking jacket, pseudo-anglicism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /smɔ.kiŋ/

Noun

smoking m (plural smokings)

1. tuxedo, dinner jacket

Descendants

• → Finnish: smokki
• → Turkish: smokin

Further reading

• “smoking”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

smoking

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzmɔ.kinɡ/, /ˈzmɔ.kin/
• Rhymes: -ɔkinɡ, -ɔkin
• Hyphenation: smò‧king

Noun

smoking m (invariable)

1. tuxedo, dinner jacket

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

smoking

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

From English smoking jacket.

Noun

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

1. tuxedo

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

smoking

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology

From English smoking jacket.

Noun

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

1. tuxedo

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

smoking

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmɔ.kiŋk/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔkiŋk
• Syllabification: smo‧king

Noun

smoking m inan

1. dinner jacket, tuxedo

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

smoking m (plural smokings)

1. tuxedo (formal suit)

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

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈmokin/
• Rhymes: -okin

Noun

smoking m (plural smoking)

1. Obsolete spelling of esmoquin

Swedish

Etymology

Ellipsis of English smoking jacket.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsmoːkɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -oːkɪŋ

Noun

smoking c

1. tuxedo, dinner jacket

Declension

References

• smoking in Svensk ordbok (SO)