Meanings
plural papirosas
- A style of Russian filterless cigarette.
Synonyms: Russian cigarette
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA style of Russian filterless cigarette.
Origin
- Ancient Greekπάπυρος“papyrus”
- Latinpapȳrus
- Middle High Germanpapier
- GermanPapier
- Spanishcigarros
- Polishpapieros“cigarette”
- Russianпапиро́са
- Englishpapirosa
Borrowed from Russian папиро́са (papirósa), from Polish papieros (“cigarette”), from papier (“paper”) with the ending added from Spanish cigarros and the stem being from German Papier, from Late Middle High German papier, from Latin papȳrus, papȳrum, from Ancient Greek πάπυρος (pápuros, “papyrus”), supposedly of Egyptian origin.
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papirosa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/papirosa
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