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chain smoker en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From chain + smoker, calque of German Kettenraucher.

Meanings

1. One who smokes continuously, by lighting one cigarette when they finish another, as in a chain.
2. One who habitually smokes excessively.

Forms

Relateds

chain-smoke · chain-smoking

Translations (33)

fr gros fumeur (one who habitually smokes a lot) · ro fumător înrăit (one who habitually smokes a lot) · pt fumista (one who habitually smokes a lot) · cmn 連續抽煙的人 /连续抽烟的人 (one who smokes continuously) · fo keturoykjari (one who smokes continuously) · et ahelsuitsetaja (one who smokes continuously) · de Kettenraucher (one who habitually smokes a lot) · et ahelsuitsetaja (one who habitually smokes a lot) · cmn 煙鬼 /烟鬼 (one who smokes continuously) · fr fumeur à la chaîne (one who smokes continuously) · ru зая́длый кури́льщик (one who habitually smokes a lot) · da storryger (one who habitually smokes a lot) · el μανιώδης καπνιστής (one who smokes continuously) · nl kettingroker (one who smokes continuously) · cmn 煙不離手的人 /烟不离手的人 (one who habitually smokes a lot) · pl palacz (one who habitually smokes a lot) · fi ketjupolttaja (one who smokes continuously) · da kæderyger (one who smokes continuously) · pl palaczka (one who habitually smokes a lot) · fi ketjupolttaja (one who habitually smokes a lot) · sv kedjerökare (one who smokes continuously) · pt fumador compulsivo (one who smokes continuously) · nb kjederøyker (one who habitually smokes a lot) · es fumador empedernido (one who habitually smokes a lot) · ko 애연가 (one who habitually smokes a lot) · de Kettenraucher (one who smokes continuously) · nl kettingroker (one who habitually smokes a lot) · ko 골초 (one who smokes continuously) · nb kjederøker (one who habitually smokes a lot) · ko 골초 (one who habitually smokes a lot) · ms perokok tegar (one who habitually smokes a lot) · sv kedjerökare (one who habitually smokes a lot) · da kæderyger (one who habitually smokes a lot)