cannabis

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Etymology of cannabis

Wikipedia

Borrowed from Latin cannabis (“hemp”), from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). See there for more. Doublet of canvas and hemp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkænəbɪs/

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Noun

cannabis (countable and uncountable, plural cannabises)

1. A tall annual dioecious plant (Cannabis, especially Cannabis sativa), native to central Asia and having alternate, palmately divided leaves and tough bast fibers.

   Synonyms: hemp, marijuana

   Hyponyms: Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, Cannabis ruderalis

2. A mildly euphoriant or sedating, intoxicating hallucinogenic drug prepared from various parts of this plant.

   Synonyms: 420, bhang, bud, dope, draw, ganja, grass, herb, leaf, marijuana, pot, puff, string, reefer, skunk, THC, weed

3. The purified and decarboxylated resin of the cannabis plant used for medicinal purposes rather than for any intoxicating effects.

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Irish: cannabas
• → Welsh: canabis

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Cannabis slang

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάννᾰβῐς (kánnabis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.naːˌbɪs/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: can‧na‧bis

Noun

cannabis f (uncountable)

1. cannabis, plant of the genus Cannabis, especially Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica

   Synonyms: cannabisplant, hennep, hennepplant, wietplant

2. cannabis, a drug made from parts of this plant

   Synonyms: hennep, wiet

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• → Indonesian: kanabis

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cannabis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). Doublet of chanvre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.na.bis/

• Audio

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Noun

cannabis m (uncountable)

1. cannabis

Further reading

• “cannabis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). See there for more.

Alternative forms

• cannaba, cannabum, cannabus, canapa, canapis, canapus, canava, canva (Late Latin, Vulgar Latin)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na.bis/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na.bis/,

Noun

cannabis f (genitive cannabis); third declension

1. hemp

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -e or -ī).

Derived terms

• cannabius

Descendants

• ⇒ Late Latin: cannabum, cannabus
  • Asturian: cáñamu
  • Catalan: cànem
  • Galician: cánabo (“hemp, hemp fiber”)
  • Occitan: cambe, carbe
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: cánamo, cánabo
  • Spanish: cáñamo
    • → Portuguese: cânhamo
  • Sardinian: cànnabu, càgnu
  • Sicilian: cànnavu, cànnamu

• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: canapa
  • → Albanian: kërp
  • Aromanian: cãnipã
  • Friulian: cjanaipe, čhanaipe
  • Italian: canapa
  • Megleno-Romanian: cǫnipă
  • Romanian: cânepă, cânipă

• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *canapis, *canapus
  • ⇒ Dalmatian: canapial (“cord”)

• ⇒ Late Latin: canava
  • French: chanvre
  • Norman: cannevi
  • Portuguese: cânave
  • Romansch: chanv, chonv, coniv, tgonev
  • Sicilian: cànnava
  • Venetian: caneva

• → Catalan: cànnabis
• → Dutch: cannabis
• → English: cannabis
  • → Irish: cannabas
• → French: cannabis
• → German: Cannabis
• → Galician: cánnabis
• → Greek: κάνναβη (kánnavi) (or directly from Ancient Greek)
• → Irish: cnáib
• → Italian: cannabis
• → Norman: cannabis
• → Occitan: canabís,
• → Portuguese: canábis, cânabis
• → Romanian: canabis
• → Spanish: cannabis
• → Swedish: cannabis

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na.biːs/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na.bis/,

Noun

cannabīs

1. dative/ablative plural of cannabum

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na.biːs/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na.bis/,

Noun

cannabīs

1. dative/ablative plural of cannaba

References

• “cannabis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cannabis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis).

Noun

cannabis m (uncountable)

1. (Jersey) cannabis

Spanish

Alternative forms

• cánnabis

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). See also cáñamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈnabis/
  • Syllabification: can‧na‧bis
• IPA^(key): /kaˈnabis/
• Rhymes: -abis

Noun

cannabis m (uncountable)

1. cannabis

See also

• hierba
• marihuana
• mota

Further reading

• “cannabis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cannabis.

Noun

cannabis c

1. cannabis; Cannabis sativa
2. cannabis; a recreational drug

Declension

See also

• hasch
• marijuana

References

• cannabis in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• cannabis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)