cannabis

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkænəbɪs/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Hyphenation: can‧na‧bis

Noun

cannabis (countable and uncountable, plural cannabises)

Cannabis sativa
  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
    • 2024, NTSB, Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022:
      We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash adversely affected her judgment of the danger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination vehicle.
    • 2024, NTSB, Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022:
      We found that teen drivers and the public largely misunderstand the legal status of cannabis use and do not fully recognize the risks of cannabis-impaired driving.
  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

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.naːˌbɪs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: can‧na‧bis

Noun

cannabis m (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

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Descendants

References

  • cannabis” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie.

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

cannabis m (uncountable)

  1. cannabis

Further reading

Latin

Etymology 1

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

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Pronunciation

Noun

cannabis f (genitive cannabis); third declension

  1. hemp
Declension

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

singular plural
nominative cannabis cannabēs
genitive cannabis cannabium
dative cannabī cannabibus
accusative cannabim cannabēs
cannabīs
ablative cannabe
cannabī
cannabibus
vocative cannabis cannabēs
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

cannabīs

  1. dative/ablative plural of cannabum

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cannabis m (uncountable)

  1. cannabis

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Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cannabis.

Noun

cannabis c

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

Declension

Declension of cannabis
nominative genitive
singular indefinite cannabis cannabis
definite cannabisen cannabisens
plural indefinite
definite

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