The French word for tobacco is
tabac

Plural
The plural of tabac is tabacs.French Definition
tobacco | |
1. n. Le tabac. |
Translations for tobacco and their definitions
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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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