mégot

Meaning

cigarette butt, fag end

Concepts

butt

stub

stump

cigarette end

nub

snag

cigarette butt

dog-end

tobacco ashes

fag end

cigarette stub

dog end

fag end

Synonyms

clope

chicot

clou

moignon

reste

sèche

souche

talon

cibiche

lumignon

mégot de cigarette

clop

botch

butch

botche

bout

🔚

zigoune

Translations

mozzicone

colilla

Zigarettenstummel

peuk

cicca

Kippe

Stummel

izmarit

bituca

γόπα

αποτσίγαρο

Zigarettenkippe

burilla

punta

Pronounced as (IPA)

/me.ɡo/

Etymology

Cognate with Old Irish: medc

Cognate with Welsh: maidd

Cognate with Cornish: meith

In summary

Probably from regional mégauder (“to suckle”), from mégaud, from mègue (“whey”), from Vulgar Latin *mesga, from Gaulish (compare Old Irish medc (“whey”), Welsh maidd (“whey”), Cornish meith (“whey”)), from Proto-Celtic *mezgos (“whey”), from Proto-Indo-European *mesgos (“marrow”).