rokertje
Dutch
Alternative forms
- rookertje (obsolete)
Etymology
Diminutive of roker. The sense “cigarette” became dominant in the 1940s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈroː.kər.tjə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ro‧ker‧tje
- Rhymes: -oːkərtjə
Noun
rokertje n (plural rokertjes)
- (chiefly Netherlands) A smoke, a tobacco product that is smoked: [from mid-19th c.]
- (dated) cigar [from 1880s]
- cigarette [from 1930s]