Meanings
nouncigarette case (plural cigarette cases)
plural cigarette cases
- A small flat case for holding cigarettes.
Of the three weapons he brought with him, two were built into cigarette cases, while the other superficially resembled an ordinary small automatic pistol.
1997, Jeffery T. Richelson, A Century of Spies: Intelligence in the Twentieth Century, page 253
Translations
Arabic عُلْبَةُ سَجَائِر
- عُلْبَةُ سَجَائِر (ʕulbatu sajāʔir)small flat case
Bulgarian табаке́ра
- табаке́ра (tabakéra)small flat case
Catalan cigarrer, portacigarrets
- cigarrersmall flat case
- portacigarretssmall flat case
Chinese Cantonese 煙盒 /烟盒, 香煙盒 /香烟盒
- 煙盒 /烟盒 (jin¹ hap⁶)small flat case
- 香煙盒 /香烟盒 (hoeng¹ jin¹ hap⁶)small flat case
Chinese Mandarin 煙盒 /烟盒, 香煙盒 /香烟盒
- 煙盒 /烟盒 (yānhé)small flat case
- 香煙盒 /香烟盒 (xiāngyānhé)small flat case
Danish cigaretetui
- cigaretetuismall flat case
Dutch sigarettenkoker
- sigarettenkokersmall flat case
Esperanto cigaredujo
- cigaredujosmall flat case
Estonian portsigar
- portsigarsmall flat case
Finnish savukekotelo
- savukekotelosmall flat case
French porte-cigare, porte-cigares
- porte-cigaresmall flat case
- porte-cigaressmall flat case
German Zigarettenetui
- Zigarettenetuismall flat case
Greek τσιγαροθήκη, ταμπακιέρα
- τσιγαροθήκη (tsigarothíki)small flat case
- ταμπακιέρα (tampakiéra)small flat case
Hindi सिगरेट केस
- सिगरेट केस (sigreṭ kes)small flat case
Hungarian cigarettatárca
- cigarettatárcasmall flat case
Italian portasigarette
- portasigarettesmall flat case
Japanese シガレットケース, タバコ入れ
- シガレットケース (shigaretto kēsu)small flat case
- タバコ入れ (tabakoire)small flat case
Korean 담배갑
- 담배갑 (dambaegap)small flat case
Norwegian Bokmål sigarettetui
- sigarettetuismall flat case
Polish cygarnica, papierośnica
- cygarnicasmall flat case
- papierośnicasmall flat case
Portuguese porta-cigarros, cigarreira
- porta-cigarrossmall flat case
- cigarreirasmall flat case
Romanian tabacheră
- tabacherăsmall flat case
Russian портсига́р, сигаре́тница
- портсига́р (portsigár)small flat case
- сигаре́тница (sigarétnica)small flat case
Spanish pitillera
- pitillerasmall flat case
Swedish cigarettetui
- cigarettetuismall flat case
Turkish sigara tabakası
- sigara tabakasısmall flat case
Ukrainian портсига́р
- портсига́р (portsyhár)small flat case
Urdu سِگْریٹ کیس
- سِگْریٹ کیس (sigreṭ kes)small flat case
Vietnamese hộp đựng xì gà
- hộp đựng xì gàsmall flat case
Yiddish פּאָרטציגאַר
- פּאָרטציגאַר (porttsigar)small flat case
Cite this entry
APA
cigarette case. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cigarette%20case
MLA
“cigarette case.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cigarette%20case. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cigarette case,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cigarette%20case.
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