English pronunciation · Words Starting with T
Tobacco Pronunciation
Tobacco is pronounced tuh-BA-koh, IPA /təˈbæˌkoʊ/.
tuh-BA-koh
US /təˈbæˌkoʊ/ · UK /təˈbækəʊ/
Syllables: tuh · BA · koh (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)
noun: The dried leaves of a plant, smoked in cigarettes, cigars, and pipes.
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Tobacco in a Sentence
- The smell of pipe tobacco filled the room.
- Tobacco advertising was banned decades ago.
- He grew up on a tobacco farm in Virginia.
Common Mispronunciations of Tobacco
Not TOH-ba-koh
Hit the middle syllable, BA, and let the opening tuh almost disappear.
Not tuh-BAY-koh
Keep the stressed vowel flat, the a of bat. The double c in the spelling signals exactly that.
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