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papirosa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pa-pirosa
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A style of Russian filterless cigarette.

Etymology

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: папиро́са, papieros, Papier, papȳrus, πάπυρος, -

Inflected Forms

papirosas (plural)

Synonyms

Russian cigarette

Questions

What does papirosa mean?
A style of Russian filterless cigarette.
Where does papirosa come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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