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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkænəbɪs/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

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

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  • Irish: cannabas
  • Welsh: canabis

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

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cannabis m (uncountable)

  1. cannabis

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Latin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

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Noun[edit]

cannabis f (genitive cannabis); third declension

  1. hemp
Declension[edit]

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cannabis cannabēs
Genitive cannabis cannabium
Dative cannabī cannabibus
Accusative cannabim cannabēs
cannabīs
Ablative cannabe
cannabī
cannabibus
Vocative cannabis cannabēs
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Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Noun[edit]

cannabīs

  1. dative/ablative plural of cannabum

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Noun[edit]

cannabīs

  1. dative/ablative plural of cannaba

References[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

cannabis m (uncountable)

  1. (Jersey) cannabis

Spanish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kanˈnabis/ [kãnˈna.β̞is]
    • Syllabification: can‧na‧bis
  • IPA(key): /kaˈnabis/ [kaˈna.β̞is]
  • Rhymes: -abis

Noun[edit]

cannabis m (uncountable)

  1. cannabis

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin cannabis.

Noun[edit]

cannabis c

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

Declension[edit]

Declension of cannabis 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative cannabis cannabisen
Genitive cannabis cannabisens

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