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tabac.

tobacco (any plant of the genus Nicotiana)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ta.ba/
  1. tobacco (any plant of the genus Nicotiana)

    masculine · uncountable
    des plantations de tabac
  2. tobacco (leaves of certain varieties of the plant cultivated and harvested)

    masculine
    du tabac blond
    Pour la pipe, quels sont tes tabacs préférés ?
  3. smoking, nicotine addiction

    masculine · uncountable
    J’ai pris une résolution : demain, j’arrête le tabac.
  4. tobacconist (shop where tobacco is sold)

    masculine
    Il s’engouffra dans un tabac et en sortit avec un briquet.
  5. corner shop

    broadly · masculine · regional
    Le supermarché est fermé à cette heure-ci, il faudra acheter des bières dans un tabac.
  6. thing, stuff

    figuratively · masculine
    (c'est toujours) le même tabac – c'est du même tabac.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish tabaco.

adj/ta.ba/
  1. having the color of tobacco

    invariable
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish tabaco.

noun/ta.ba/
  1. violent fight

    masculine
    Il va y avoir du tabac ce soir !
Where this word comes from

Deverbal from tabasser. The expected spelling is *tabas (compare tracas from tracasser, fracas from fracasser); the -ac spelling is due to the influence of the above noun tabac (“tobacco”).

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