cannabis
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin cannabis (“hemp”), from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). See there for more. Doublet of canvas and hemp.
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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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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάννᾰβῐς (kánnabis).
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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.
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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 Latin) 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 |
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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 Latin) 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 Latin) 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).
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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
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Declension of cannabis | ||||
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Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | cannabis | cannabisen | — | — |
Genitive | cannabis | cannabisens | — | — |
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- en:Hemp family plants
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- la:Rosales order plants
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- es:Recreational drugs
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- Names for marijuana