Meaning
cigarette butt, stub
- the remaining short end of a smoked cigarette or cigar
- a small leftover stub of a candle or pencil
In a sentence
Ha spento il mozzicone nel posacenere prima di entrare.
He put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray before going inside.
È vietato gettare i mozziconi per terra in spiaggia.
It is forbidden to throw cigarette butts on the ground at the beach.
C'era solo un mozzicone di candela per illuminare la stanza.
There was only a candle stub to light the room.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| mozzicone | masculine · singular |
| mozziconi | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Commonly refers specifically to cigarette ends ('mozziconi di sigaretta').