how to pronounce tobacco

/təˈbæk.əʊ/

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tobacco is pronounced in three syllables

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video examples of tobacco pronunciation

An example use of tobacco in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… bit tobacco actually although from blood …”

meaning of tobacco

Tobacco is a plant that is used for smoking.

tobacco frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word tobacco occurs in english on average 15 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.