how to pronounce tabac

/ta.ba/

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tabac is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of tabac in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… du studio qu'ils me tabac ce qui met des …”

meanings of tabac

noun:

Violent fight.
Leaves of certain varieties of the plant cultivated and harvested to make cigarettes, cigars, snuff, for smoking in pipes or for chewing.
Tobacco (any plant of the genus Nicotiana).
Tobacconist, shop where tobacco is sold.
Thing, stuff.
Smoking, nicotine addiction.

adjective:

Having the color of tobacco.

tabac frequency in french - C1 level of CEFR

the word tabac occurs in french on average 12.5 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.