le smoking

tuxedo, dinner jacket

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noun · masculine Rare #36,435
tuxedo, dinner jacket In French, « un smoking » means a tuxedo/dinner jacket (not the act of smoking).
FR: Il porte un smoking noir pour le mariage.
EN: He is wearing a black tuxedo for the wedding.

Il me faut un smoking.

I need a tuxedo.

Si c'est Tommy le patron, autant mettre un smoking à un cochon!

If Tommy’s the boss, we might as well put a tuxedo on a pig!

— Les Affranchis (1990)

Il y a smoking et smoking.

There are tuxedos and there are tuxedos.

Un smoking.

A tuxedo.

Non, je ne veux pas de smoking; j'ai demandé un costume!

No, I don’t want a tuxedo; I asked for a suit!

Tu devrais porter un smoking plus souvent.

You should wear a tuxedo more often.

— Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

Pourquoi portes-tu un smoking?

Why are you wearing a tuxedo?