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/
  • Audio (US)(file)

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.
  2. A mildly euphoriant or sedating, intoxicating hallucinogenic drug prepared from various parts of this plant.
  3. The purified and decarboxylated resin of the cannabis plant used for medicinal purposes rather than for any intoxicating effects.

Synonyms

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Translations
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

Noun

cannabis f (uncountable)

  1. cannabis
    Synonyms: hennep, wiet

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/

Noun

cannabis m (uncountable)

  1. cannabis

Further reading

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.na.bis/, [ˈkan.na.bɪs]

Noun

cannabis f (genitive cannabis); third declension

  1. hemp

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
  • 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

Noun

cannabīs

  1. dative plural of cannabum
  2. ablative plural of cannabum

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

Noun

cannabīs

  1. dative plural of cannaba
  2. ablative plural of cannaba

Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

cannabis m (uncountable)

  1. cannabis

Spanish

Etymology

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

Noun

cannabis m (uncountable)

  1. cannabis

See also

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cannabis.

Noun

cannabis c

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

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