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/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
cannabis (countable and uncountable, plural cannabises)

- 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
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
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See also
- Appendix:Cannabis slang
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάννᾰβῐς (kánnabis).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.naːˌbɪs/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: can‧na‧bis
Noun
cannabis f (uncountable)
- cannabis, plant of the genus Cannabis, especially Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica
- Synonyms: cannabisplant, hennep, hennepplant, wietplant
- cannabis, a drug made from parts of this plant
Derived terms
- cannabisdetaillist
- cannabisgebruiker
- cannabisolie
- cannabisplant
- cannabisproduct
- cannabist
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 (file)
Further reading
- “cannabis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). See there for more.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.na.bis/, [ˈkänːäbɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.na.bis/, [ˈkänːäbis]
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -e or -ī).
Derived terms
Descendants
- ⇒ Late Latin: cannabum, cannabus
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: canapa
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *canapis, *canapus
- ⇒ Dalmatian: canapial (“cord”)
- ⇒ Late Latin: canava
- → 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/, [ˈkänːäbiːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.na.bis/, [ˈkänːäbis]
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.na.biːs/, [ˈkänːäbiːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.na.bis/, [ˈkänːäbis]
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
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). See also cáñamo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kanˈnabis/ [kãnˈna.β̞is]
- Syllabification: can‧na‧bis
- IPA(key): /kaˈnabis/ [kaˈna.β̞is]
- Rhymes: -abis
Further reading
- “cannabis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Declension
Declension of cannabis | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | cannabis | cannabisen | — | — |
Genitive | cannabis | cannabisens | — | — |