tobacco

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tobacco^¹

/təˈbækəʊ/ UK
/təˈbakəw/ British, Southern, Standard
/təˈbækoʊ/ US
/təˈbækəʉ/ Australia
/təˈbɛkɐʉ/ New Zealand
/təˈbako/ Scotland
/təˈbakoː/ Wales

Rhymes with -ækəʊ

Where it comes from

Attested 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”).

noun tobaccos · tobaccoes · tabacco

uncountable Any plant of the genus Nicotiana.
uncountable Leaves of Nicotiana tabacum and some other species cultivated and harvested to make cigarettes, cigars, snuff, for smoking in pipes or for chewing. Tobacco and the plant valerian are also considered to be anaphrodisiac in their effects, diminishing sexual inclination.
countable A variety of tobacco. Tobaccos from the Connecticut Valley were used for wrapping cigars.

verb tobaccos · tobaccoing · tobaccoed · tabacco

intransitive To indulge in tobacco; to smoke.
transitive To treat with tobacco. The most satisfactory method of tobaccoing houses is that of stitching the leaves on to a piece of cloth like a strip of matting, which is then laid on the floor. Powdered tobacco should be introduced into rat holes, which can then be firmly closed up with bricks and mortar. Experiments carried out

Tobacco^²

proper noun

Two rivers in Michigan, United States.
A township in Gladwin County, Michigan, probably named after one of the rivers.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: baccy, cigar, cigarette, smoker, smoked, smoke, smoking, smoky, snuff, chewer, soot, chimney, flue, pouch, nicotine, beating

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noun any plant of the genus Nicotiana

Español	tabaco
한국어	담배 dambae, 연초 yeoncho
日本語	タバコ tabako, たばこ tabako, 煙草
中文	煙草 /烟草 yāncǎo
हिन्दी	तम्बाकू tambākū, सुलफ़ा sulfā
Kiswahili	mtumbaku
Português	tabaco
Français	tabac
Deutsch	Tabak, Tabakpflanze
Italiano	tabacco
Ελληνικά	καπνός kapnós, νικοτιανή nikotianí
Română	tutun
Русский	таба́к tabák
Tiếng Việt	thuốc lá
العربية	تِبْغ tibḡ, تَبْغ tabḡ, دُخَان duḵān, دُخَّان duḵḵān, تُمْبَك tumbak
עברית	טַבָּק tabák

noun leaves of certain varieties of tobacco plant

Español	tabaco
한국어	담배 dambae, 연초 yeoncho
日本語	タバコ tabako, たばこ tabako, 煙草
中文	煙草 /烟草 yāncǎo, 煙葉 /烟叶 yānyè
हिन्दी	तंबाकू tambākū
Kiswahili	tumbaku
Português	tabaco
Français	tabac
Deutsch	Tabak
Italiano	tabacco
Ελληνικά	καπνός kapnós
Română	tutun, tabac
Русский	таба́к tabák
Tiếng Việt	thuốc lá
العربية	تَبْغ tabḡ, تَبَغ tabaḡ
עברית	טַבָּק tabák

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@misc{tobacco_2026,
  title = {tobacco},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tobacco},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}