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mégot

cigarette butt

noun meh-GOH Rare

Usage Note

Mégot is an informal but fully standard word; it is not slang. The phrase écraser un mégot ('to stub out a butt') is the typical collocation. Littering with mégots is a significant urban pollution issue in France, giving the word a slightly negative connotation in environmental discourse.

Examples

"Il a écrasé son mégot sur le trottoir."

Natural Translation

He stubbed out his cigarette butt on the pavement.

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