tabagisme passif
\ta.ba.ʒism pa.sif\
The verdict
“tabagisme passif” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fait de ressentir les effets nocifs du tabac à plus ou moins long terme à cause de gens qui fument à proximité.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tabagisme-passif · tabagisme passif · French
tabagisme passif · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tabagisme passif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ta.ba.ʒism pa.sif\ |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tabagisme passif » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tabagisme passif is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ta.ba.ʒism pa.sif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fait de ressentir les effets nocifs du tabac à plus ou moins long terme à cause de gens qui fument à proximité.".
tabagisme passif doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is tabagisme passif, spelled T-A-B-A-G-I-S-M-E- -P-A-S-S-I-F.
Definition
- 1Fait de ressentir les effets nocifs du tabac à plus ou moins long terme à cause de gens qui fument à proximité.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tabagisme passif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dans la ville de Rybnik, à 30 km de Katowice, les émissions de benzopyrène équivalent à presque un paquet de cigarettes par jour de tabagisme passif pour les habitants.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.