cannabis
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin cannabis (“hemp”), from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). See there for more. Doublet of canvas and hemp.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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.
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Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάννᾰβῐς (kánnabis).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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
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- → Indonesian: kanabis
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin cannabis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). Doublet of chanvre.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cannabis m (uncountable)
Further reading edit
- “cannabis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). See there for more.
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Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.na.bis/, [ˈkänːäbɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.na.bis/, [ˈkänːäbis]
Noun edit
cannabis f (genitive cannabis); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -e or -ī).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | cannabis | cannabēs |
Genitive | cannabis | cannabium |
Dative | cannabī | cannabibus |
Accusative | cannabim | cannabēs cannabīs |
Ablative | cannabe cannabī |
cannabibus |
Vocative | cannabis | cannabēs |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: canapa
- ⇒ 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 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.na.biːs/, [ˈkänːäbiːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.na.bis/, [ˈkänːäbis]
Noun edit
cannabīs
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.na.biːs/, [ˈkänːäbiːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.na.bis/, [ˈkänːäbis]
Noun edit
cannabīs
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)
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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)
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “cannabis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
cannabis c
- cannabis; Cannabis sativa
- cannabis; a recreational drug
Declension edit
Declension of cannabis | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | cannabis | cannabisen | — | — |
Genitive | cannabis | cannabisens | — | — |