marijuana

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish marihuana, from mariguana. First attested in 1874 in the publications of Hubert Howe Bancroft. Altered by influence of a folk etymology involving the proper name María Juana (“Mary Jane”).

Pronunciation

Noun

marijuana (usually uncountable, plural marijuanas)

  2. The inflorescence of the Cannabis sativa plant, smoked or ingested for euphoric effect.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana
    After smoking a bowl of that fine marijuana, they ate some brownies.
    • 1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 13, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC, part 1:
      You could smell tea, weed, I mean marijuana, floating in the air, together with the chili beans and beer.
    • 2017 April 2, “Marijuana”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 7, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:
      Exactly. Marijuana is something we just all gradually decided is okay, like Mark Wahlberg as a serious actor. “You know what? Sure, I’ve decided I’m fine with that.”
  3. The hemp plant itself, Cannabis sativa.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Italian: marijuana

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ʁi.ʁwa.na/, /ma.ʁi.ʒɥa.na/

Noun

marijuana f (plural marijuanas)

  1. marijuana, cannabis

Further reading

Italian

Una pianta di marijuana in fiore – A flowering marijuana plant

Etymology

Borrowed from English marijuana, from Mexican Spanish marihuana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.riˈwa.na/, /ma.rjuˈa.na/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ana
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧juà‧na

Noun

marijuana f (uncountable)

  1. marijuana

References

  1. ^ marijuana in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.ɾi.ʒuˈɐ̃.nɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ma.ɾiˈʒwɐ̃.nɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.ɾi.ʒuˈɐ.na/ , (faster pronunciation) /ma.ɾiˈʒwɐ.na/
 

  • Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧ju‧a‧na

Noun

marijuana f (plural marijuanas)

  1. marijuana, cannabis
    Synonyms: canábis, (Mozambique) suruma

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French marijuana, from Spanish marihuana.

Pronunciation

Noun

marijuana f (uncountable)

  1. marijuana

Declension

gender f uncountable
Nom/Acc marijuana
Gen/Dat marijuanei

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Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish marihuana.

Noun

marijuana c

  1. marijuana

Declension

Declension of marijuana
nominative genitive
singular indefinite marijuana marijuanas
definite marijuanan marijuanans
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

Synonyms (slang)

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References

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