/sɪˈɡɑːr/
OpprinnelseFrom Spanish cigarro (“cigar, cigarette”), possibly from a Mayan language such as Yucatec Maya siyar (“to smoke tobacco leaves”) or Q'eqchi sikʼar (“to smoke”), possibly also from cigarro (“male cicada”), a form of cigarra (“cicada”), from a Vulgar Latin root *cicāla (or an alternate Iberian variant form *cicāra), from Latin cicāda (“cicada”), possibly from a substrate language, ultimately onomatopoeic.
- masculinea cigar (tobacco rolled and wrapped with an outer covering of tobacco leaves, intended to be smoked)
“han stod og pattet på en sigar” — he was standing and sucking on a cigar
“enda var han rett i ryggen, stor og røslig og luktet sigar på lang avstand” — yet he was straight in the back, big and rosy and smelled of cigar from a long distance
“han lener seg tilbake på stolen og tenner en sigar” — he leans back in his chair and lights a cigar
Bøyningersigaren(definite, singular) · sigarer(indefinite, plural) · sigarene(definite, plural)
Kilde: Wiktionary