chanvre
French
Etymology
From Old French chanvre, chenvre, inherited from Vulgar Latin *canapus, altered form of the Classical Latin cannabis, a borrowing from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). Doublet of cannabis, which was a later borrowing from Latin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃vʁ/
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Further reading
- “chanvre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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