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/ta.ba/
Translation
tobacco
Word origin
From Spanish tabaco, most likely borrowed from a Caribbean Taino word for a pipe or a roll of tobacco leaves.
- Origin
- Spanish (ultimately Taino)
- Root
- tabaco
- English cognates
- tobacco
Grammar
Examples
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Tobacco is sold at this little tobacconist's.
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The doctor advised him to give up tobacco.
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The price of tobacco has gone up again this year.
The final c is silent, so tabac rhymes with bas, not with English "tobacco". Watch for : the small shop that sells cigarettes in France also sells stamps, lottery tickets and bus passes, so it turns up constantly in GCSE "asking for directions" material.
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