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vape

vape

noun VAP Rare
Body & Health Personal Care

Also means

e-cigarette

Usage Note

Vape is a recent borrowing from English, used colloquially for an e-cigarette device or the act of vaping. The verb vaper ('to vape') has also entered informal French. More formal registers use cigarette électronique instead. The word is invariable in form and treated as feminine.

Examples

"Il utilise une vape depuis qu'il a arrêté de fumer."

Natural Translation

He has been using a vape since he stopped smoking.

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