tabac

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [təˈβak]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [təˈbak]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [taˈbak]
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Noun

tabac m (plural tabacs)

  1. tobacco

French

Plant de tabac rustique (1).
Tabac à rouler (2).
Un café bar tabac (4).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.ba/
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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish tabaco.

Noun

tabac m (plural tabacs)

  1. (uncountable, botany) tobacco (any plant of the genus Nicotiana)
    des plantations de tabactobacco plantations
  2. tobacco (leaves of certain varieties of the plant cultivated and harvested)
    du tabac blondblond tobacco
    Pour la pipe, quels sont tes tabacs préférés ?
    What are your favorite pipe tobaccos?
  3. (uncountable, with le) smoking, nicotine addiction
    J’ai pris une résolution : demain, j’arrête le tabac.
    I have made a decision: tomorrow I'm quitting smoking.
  4. tobacconist (shop where tobacco is sold)
    Synonyms: bureau de tabac, débit de tabac
    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. (by extension, regional) corner shop
    Synonym: épicerie
    Le supermarché est fermé à cette heure-ci, il faudra acheter des bières dans un tabac.
    The supermarket is closed at this time; you will have to buy beer in a corner shop.
  6. (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.
Derived terms

Adjective

tabac (invariable)

  1. having the color of tobacco
    • 1836, Honoré de Balzac, Œuvres diverses, volume 1:
      Voyez quel air martial respire ce vénérable membre de la Garde nationale! Avec son habit tabac, son sabre et sa giberne en bandoulière, son fusil sur l’épaule [] il va affronter les ennemis [] de la tranquillité publique.
      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 face the enemies [] of public peace.

Further reading

Etymology 2

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).

Noun

tabac m (plural tabacs)

  1. violent fight
    Il va y avoir du tabac ce soir !
    There's going to be a fight tonight!
Derived terms

Further reading

Friulian

Noun

tabac m (plural tabacs)

  1. tobacco

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French tabac, from Spanish tabaco, either from Arabic or from Taíno. See English tobacco for more.

Noun

tabac n (uncountable)

  1. tobacco
    Synonym: tutun
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طبق (tabak).

Noun

tabac m (plural tabaci)

  1. tanner (one who tans hides)
Declension
Derived terms
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