tobacco
English
/təˈbækoʊ/
noun
Definitions
- (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.
- (countable) A variety of tobacco.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian tabaco derived from Arabic طَبَاق (a type of medicinal herb).
Origin
Arabic
طَبَاق
Gloss
a type of medicinal herb
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Tabaco English
- antitobacco English
- nontobacco English
- protobacco English
- tobaccoey English
- tobaccoish English
- tobaccoism English
- tobaccoless English
- tobaccolike English
- tobacconing English
- tobacconist English
- tobaccophile English
- tobaccophobe English
- intabaccare Italian
- tabaccaia Italian
- tabaccaio Italian
- tabaccare Italian
- tabaccheria Italian
- tabacchicoltore Italian
- tabacchicoltura Italian
- tabacchificio Italian
- tabacchino Italian
- tabacco Italian
- tabaccone Italian
- tabaccoso Italian
- tabacosi Italian
- tabak Dutch, Flemish
- tabac French
- antitabaco Spanish, Castilian
- tabaco Spanish, Castilian
- tabaquera Spanish, Castilian
- tabaquero Spanish, Castilian
- tabaquería Spanish, Castilian
- tobakk Norwegian Bokmål
- tabaco Portuguese
- tabaka Polish
- tobakk Norwegian Nynorsk
- tobac Irish
- tobak Danish
- طَبَاق Arabic
- تنباکو Persian
- tabako Cebuano
- tybaco Welsh
- tabaka Latvian
- tubbak Faroese
- tabako Tagalog
- ᡩᠠᠮᠪᠠᡤᡠ Manchu
- kita baku Zacatepec Chatino
- kita baku Western Highland Chatino