clope

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A familiar smoking word whose gender and exact meaning have changed over time.
Practice using clope in conversation until it feels natural

Examples

  • Il a écrasé son clope dans le cendrier.
    He stubbed out his cigarette butt in the ashtray.
  • On se retrouve après la pause clope.
    We'll meet up after the smoke break.
  • Tu peux me passer une clope ?
    Can you give me a cigarette?
  • Elle a arrêté la clope il y a six mois.
    She gave up smoking six months ago.
  • Dans ce vieux récit, un clope désigne un mégot.
    In this old story, a clope means a cigarette butt.

Similar words

sèche
mégot
tige
cibiche
bout
culot
cigarette

Meanings

Cigarette

noun
smoking
informal
A casual, familiar word for a cigarette, common in conversation but usually avoided in formal or medical writing.

Examples

  • Il est sorti fumer une clope.
    He went outside to smoke a cigarette.
  • Tu peux me passer une clope ?
    Can you give me a cigarette?
  • Elle a arrêté la clope il y a six mois.
    She gave up smoking six months ago.
  • On se retrouve après la pause clope.
    We'll meet up after the smoke break.
  • Le médecin a employé le mot cigarette plutôt que clope.
    The doctor used the word cigarette rather than the informal clope.

Similar words

cigarette
cibiche
sèche
tige

Cigarette butt

noun
smoking
archaic
An old familiar word, usually masculine, for the short end left after a cigarette or cigar has been smoked.

Examples

  • Il a écrasé son clope dans le cendrier.
    He stubbed out his cigarette butt in the ashtray.
  • Des clopes jonchaient le trottoir.
    Cigarette butts littered the pavement.
  • Autrefois, certains ramassaient les clopes pour récupérer le tabac.
    In the past, some people picked up cigarette butts to recover the tobacco.
  • Dans ce vieux récit, un clope désigne un mégot.
    In this old story, a clope means a cigarette butt.
  • Aujourd'hui, mégot est plus clair que clope dans ce sens.
    Today, mégot is clearer than clope in this sense.

Similar words

mégot
bout
culot

Etymology

Recorded soon after 1900 for a discarded cigar or cigarette end, then extended to a whole cigarette by 1942. The deeper origin is unknown.

FAQ

What does clope mean?

Most often, clope is a familiar word for a cigarette. In older use, it can mean a cigarette or cigar butt.

Is clope masculine or feminine?

The common cigarette sense is usually feminine, une clope. The older butt sense is usually masculine, un clope.

Is clope formal French?

No. Clope is familiar and conversational, while cigarette is neutral.

How do you pronounce clope?

Clope is pronounced /klɔp/.

What is the plural of clope?

The regular plural is clopes.

Where does clope come from?

Clope was recorded after 1900 for a discarded smoking end and later spread to a whole cigarette. Its deeper origin is unknown.

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