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The French word for tobacco is
tabac





tobacco

Plural

The plural of tabac is tabacs.

French Definition


tobacco
     1. n. Le tabac.

Translations for tobacco and their definitions

tabac
     1. n-m. (botany) tobacco (any plant of the genus Nicotiana)
           des plantations de tabac - tobacco plantations.
     2. n-m. tobacco (leaves of certain varieties of the plant cultivated and harvested)
           du tabac blond - blond tobacco
           Pour la pipe, quels sont tes tabacs préférés ? - For the pipe, what are your favorite tobaccos?
     3. n-m. (with le) smoking, nicotine addiction
           J’ai pris une résolution : demain, j’arrête le tabac. - I have made a decision: tomorrow I'm quitting tobacco.
     4. n-m. tobacconist (shop where tobacco is sold)
           Il s’engouffra dans un tabac et en sortit avec un briquet. - He rushed into a tobacconist's and came out with a lighter.
     5. n-m. (by extension, regional) corner shop
           Le supermarché est fermé à cette heure-ci, il faudra acheter des bières dans un tabac. - The supermarket is closed at this time, one will have to buy beer in a corner shop.
     6. n-m. (figurative) thing, stuff
           (c'est toujours) le même tabac – c'est du même tabac. - (it's always) the same thing – it's the same old stuff.
     7. adj. having the color of tobacco
     8. adj. , translation=See what martial air this venerable member of the National Guard breathes! With his tobacco-coloured coat, his sword and his pouch on a bandolier, his gun on his shoulder (...) he will f
     9. n-m. violent fight
           Il va y avoir du tabac ce soir !


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