cig
タバコ
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
cig は cigarette を短くしたくだけた名詞で、文脈によっては cigar の略にもなる。「たばこ」を意味しても正式な文章には不向きで、会話や短いメモで使われる。cigarette の先頭3文字を残した形と覚え、cig、cigs と単複を区別する。電子たばこは e-cig と表すことがある。
Think of cig as the first three letters of cigarette used as a casual shortcut. It usually means a cigarette, though context can occasionally make it short for cigar. Because it is informal, prefer the full word in formal writing, health information, or careful explanations. The regular plural is cigs. You may also meet the same shortened element in e-cig, an informal abbreviation for electronic cigarette. Keep the exact product clear: cigarette is the usual interpretation, cigar is possible, and tobacco is the broader substance or product category.
cig の類義語・関連語
cig の語源・成り立ち Etymology
cig は cigarette または cigar の口語的短縮形。cigarette はフランス語で「小さな葉巻」、さらにスペイン語 cigarro にさかのぼり、語源はマヤ語系 sicar「巻いたタバコを吸う」説もある。つまり「葉巻・紙巻きたばこ」を短く言った語。関連語は cigarette, cigar。
Cig is a modern informal clipping of cigarette and sometimes cigar. Cigarette entered English from French cigarette, a diminutive based on cigare, while cigar came through Spanish cigarro. The more distant origin of the Spanish word is disputed, and a proposed connection with a Mayan language is not certain. The shortened English form simply preserves the opening sound and letters shared by cigarette and cigar; it contains no productive suffix of its own.
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