tabac

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Pronunciation

Noun

tabac m (plural tabacs)

  1. tobacco

Related terms

French

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

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish tabaco.

Noun

tabac m (plural tabacs)

  1. (uncountable, botany) tobacco (any plant of the genus Nicotiana)
    des plantations de tabac ― tobacco plantations
  2. tobacco (leaves of certain varieties of the plant cultivated and harvested)
    du tabac blond ― blond 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.

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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
declension of tabac (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) tabac tabacul
genitive/dative (unui) tabac tabacului
vocative tabacule

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طبق (tabak).

Noun

tabac m (plural tabaci)

  1. tanner (one who tans hides)
Declension
Declension of tabac
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) tabac tabacul (niște) tabaci tabacii
genitive/dative (unui) tabac tabacului (unor) tabaci tabacilor
vocative tabacule tabacilor
Derived terms
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