What does tabac in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word tabac in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use tabac in French.

The word tabac in French means tobacco, tobacconist, tobacconist's, tobacco-brown, tobacco, bar and tobacconist's, tobacconist's, café and tobacconist, bar and tobacconist, tobacconist, be a hit, smoking ban, beating up, beat up, tobacco tin, tobacco jar, fatty, pinch of snuff, chewing tobacco, snuff, rolling tobacco, light tobacco, dark tobacco, stale tobacco, tobacco mosaic virus. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word tabac

tobacco

nom masculin (plante séchée à fumer)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il bourre sa pipe avec du tabac parfumé au miel.
He fills his pipe with honey-scented tobacco.

tobacconist, tobacconist's

nom masculin (magasin vendant du tabac) (shop)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Elle est partie au tabac acheter des cigarettes.
She has gone to the tobacconist to buy cigarettes.

tobacco-brown, tobacco

adjectif invariable (de couleur brun-roux) (in colour)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Il portait des chaussures tabac.
He wore tobacco-brown shoes.

bar and tobacconist's

nom masculin (commerce de tabac et d'alcool)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Mon fils a travaillé dans un bar-tabac pendant l'été.

tobacconist's

nom masculin (lieu de vente de tabac)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Alain achète toujours ses cigarettes dans ce bureau de tabac.

café and tobacconist, bar and tobacconist

nom masculin (bar et débit de tabac) (shop)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les clients peuvent acheter leur paquet de cigarettes dans un café-tabac et en profiter pour boire un café.

tobacconist

nom masculin (lieu de vente de tabac)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

be a hit

locution verbale (familier (rencontrer un franc succès)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

smoking ban

nom féminin (loi d'interdiction de fumer)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La loi-anti-tabac interdit aux fumeurs de fumer dans les lieux publics.

beating up

nom masculin (tabassage)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Des cas de passage à tabac furent rapportés au proviseur.

beat up

locution verbale (frapper, tabasser)

(phrasal verb, transitive, separable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, divisible--for example, "call off" [=cancel], "call the game off," "call off the game.")
Ils passèrent à tabac ceux qui leur barraient le chemin.

tobacco tin, tobacco jar

nom masculin (récipient)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il prit le pot à tabac et prépara sa pipe.

fatty

nom masculin (figuré, familier, péjoratif (personne grosse et petite) (pejorative, informal)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Je pense que je n'aurai aucune peine à gagner mon match contre ce pot à tabac.

pinch of snuff

nom féminin (petite quantité de poudre de tabac)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

chewing tobacco

nom masculin (tabac à mâcher)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

snuff

nom masculin (tabac à mâcher) (tobacco)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

rolling tobacco

nom masculin (tabac pour cigarette à rouler)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

light tobacco

nom masculin (variété de tabac)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

dark tobacco

nom masculin (type de tabac)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

stale tobacco

nom masculin (tabac fumé ayant refroidi)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

tobacco mosaic virus

nom masculin (virus des plants de tabac)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le virus de la mosaïque du tabac est une particule cylindrique, qui a la forme d’un bâtonnet.

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