tobacco
Any plant of the genus NicotianaAny plant of the genus Nicotiana.
» There is a heavy tax on tobacco.
Tabak wird hoch besteuert.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)Any plant of the genus Nicotiana.
Tabak, Tabakpflanze
таба́кtabák
тютю́нtjutjún
(uncountable)Leaves of Nicotiana tabacum and some other species cultivated and harvested to make cigarettes, cigars, snuff, for smoking in pipes or for chewing.
Tabak
таба́кtabák
тютю́нtjutjún
(countable)A variety of tobacco.
Tobaccos from the Connecticut Valley were used for wrapping cigars.
- leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion
- aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs
Examples
96 sentencesThere is a heavy tax on tobacco.
deTabak wird hoch besteuert.
Has it been proven there's a link between tobacco and lung cancer?
I hear the governor's been getting money under the table from tobacco companies.
Has it been proven that there's a link between tobacco and lung cancer?
Have you ever chewed tobacco?
Translations
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Origin
Attested since 1588, borrowed from Spanish tabaco. The Spanish word could be from Arabic طAttested since 1588, borrowed from Spanish tabaco. The Spanish word could be from Arabic طُبَّاق (ṭubbāq, “Dittrichia viscosa”) or from a Caribbean language such as Kari'na or Taíno or multiple of them, from a word meaning "roll of tobacco leaves" or "a pipe for smoking tobacco," such as tabago (“tube for inhaling smoke or powdered intoxicating plants”).
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Forms
plural: tobaccos / tobaccoesSynonyms
2 synonyms- leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion:baccy
- aromatic annual or perennial herbs and shrubs:tobacco plant
Word family
52 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable