cannabis
See also: Cannabis
English
Etymology
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)
Cannabis sativa
- A tall annual dioecious plant (Cannabis, especially Cannabis sativa), native to central Asia and having alternate, palmately divided leaves and tough bast fibers.
- A mildly euphoriant or sedating, intoxicating hallucinogenic drug prepared from various parts of this plant.
- The purified and decarboxylated resin of the cannabis plant used for medicinal purposes rather than for any intoxicating effects.
Hyponyms
- (plant): Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, Cannabis ruderalis
Derived terms
Translations
plant
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marijuana — see marijuana
See also
- Appendix:Cannabis slang
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάννᾰβῐς (kánnabis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.naːˌbɪs/
- Hyphenation: can‧na‧bis
Derived terms
- cannabisgebruiker
- cannabisolie
- cannabisplant
- cannabisproduct
- cannabist
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cannabis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). Doublet of chanvre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.na.bis/
Further reading
- “cannabis” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). See there for more.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.na.bis/, [ˈkan.na.bɪs]
Declension
Third declension i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -e or -ī.
| Case | 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
- Aromanian: cãnipã
- Asturian: cáñamu
- Catalan: cànnabis (borrowing), cànem
- Dalmatian: canapial
- English: cannabis (borrowing), canvas (through Old Northern French)
- French: cannabis (borrowing), chanvre
- Friulian: cjanaipe, čhanaipe
- German: Cannabis (borrowing)
- Galician: cánnabis (borrowing), cánabo
- Greek: κάνναβη (kánnavi) (or directly from Ancient Greek)
- Irish: cannabas, cnáib
- Italian: cannabis (borrowing), canapa
- Megleno-Romanian: cǫnipă
- Norman: cannabis (borrowing), cannevi
- Occitan: canabís (borrowing), cambe, carbe
- Portuguese: canábis (borrowing), cânhamo
- Romanian: canabis (borrowing), cânepă
- Romansh: chonv, coniv, tgonev, chanv
- Sardinian: càgnu, cànnabu
- Sicilian: cànnavu, cànavu, cànnamu
- Spanish: cannabis (borrowing), cáñamo
- Venetian: caneva
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).
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). See also cáñamo.
Swedish
Declension
| Declension of cannabis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | cannabis | cannabisen | — | — |
| Genitive | cannabis | cannabisens | — | — |
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