hemp

See also: Hemp

English

Etymology

From Middle English hemp, hempe, henpe, henoppe, henepe, henep, hanep, from Old English henep, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz. Doublet of cannabis and canvas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛmp/
• Rhymes: -ɛmp

Noun

hemp (countable and uncountable, plural hemps)

1. A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.
2. Various products of this plant, including fibres and the drug cannabis.

Derived terms

• hempen
• hempish
• hemplike
• hempy

Related terms

• cannabis
• marijuana
• ganja
• bhang
• THC

Translations

Cannabis sativa

• Abkhaz: аныцә (ānəc°)
• Afrikaans: hennep (af)
• Akkadian: qunnabu
• Albanian: konopi
• Arabic: قِنَّب‎ (qinnab)
• Armenian: կանեփ (hy) (kanepʿ)
• Aromanian: cãnipã f, cãnavi
• Asturian: cáñamu m
• Azerbaijani: kənaf
• Bashkir: киндер (kinder), тарма (tarma)
• Belarusian: кано́плі pl (kanópli)
• Bulgarian: коно́п (bg) m (konóp)
• Burmese: ဘင်း (my) (bhang:)
• Buryat: улһан (ulhan) (Russian Buryat)
• Catalan: cànem (ca)
• Chechen: кӏомал (ḳomal)
• Chinese:

  Dungan: ма (ma)

  Mandarin: 大麻 (zh) (dàmá), 麻 (zh) (má)

• Chuvash: кантӑр (kantăr)
• Coptic: ⲉⲣⲃⲓⲥⲓ m (erbisi)
• Czech: konopí (cs) n
• Danish: hamp c
• Dutch: hennep (nl) m
• Eastern Mari: кыне́ (kyné)
• Esperanto: kanabo
• Faroese: hampur m
• Finnish: hamppu (fi)
• French: chanvre (fr) m
• Friulian: cjanaipe f, čhanaipe
• Gagauz: kenevir
• Galician: cánabo m
• Georgian: კანაფი (ḳanapi)
• German: Hanf (de) m

  Alemannic German: Hamf m

• Greek: κάνναβη (el) f (kánnavi)

  Ancient: κάνναβις f (kánnabis)

• Hebrew: קנבוס‎ (he) m (kanabos)
• Hindi: भाँग (hi) f (bhāṅg), भांग (hi) f (bhāṅg)
• Hungarian: kender (hu)
• Ido: kanabo (io)
• Irish: cnáib f
• Italian: canapa (it) f
• Japanese: 麻 (ja) (あさ, asa)
• Kalmyk: олсн (olsn)
• Karachay-Balkar: кендир (kendir)
• Karakalpak: kendir
• Kazakh: кендір (kendir), қарақурай (qaraqwray)
• Khakas: киндір (kindír)
• Khmer: ឃ្លាយ (km) (khliəy)
• Komi-Permyak: пыш (pyš)
• Korean: 대마 (ko) (daema)
• Kumyk: кендир (kendir), кендираш (kendiraş)
• Kyrgyz: кара куурай (kara kuuray), кендир (kendir)
• Lao: ປໍ (pǭ), ປ່ານ (pān)
• Latin: cannabis f

• Latvian: kaņepe (lv) f
• Macedonian: коноп m (konop)
• Manx: kennip
• Maori: taru rauhea
• Mari:

  Western Mari: кӹне (kÿne)

• Middle English: hemp
• Mongolian: олс (mn) (ols)
• Norman: cannevi m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hamp m

  Nynorsk: hamp m

• Occitan: cambe (oc), carbe
• Old English: henep m
• Pashto: بنګ‎ m (bang)
• Persian: کنف‎ (fa) (kanaf), کنب‎ (fa) (kanab), بنگ‎ (fa) (bang)
• Polish: konopie (pl) pl
• Portuguese: cânhamo (pt), maconha (pt)
• Romanian: cânepă (ro) f
• Romansch: chonv, coniv, tgonev, tgoven, chanv
• Russian: конопля́ (ru) f (konopljá), пенька́ (ru) f (penʹká) (fibers)
• Sardinian: càgnu, cànniu
• Scottish Gaelic: cainb f
• Serbo-Croatian: конопља f, konoplja (sh) f
• Shor: кендир (kendir)
• Sicilian: cànnavu (scn) m, cànavu (scn), cànnamu (scn)
• Slovak: konope n
• Slovene: konoplja f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: kónopje pl

• Southern Altai: кендир (kendir)
• Spanish: cáñamo (es) m, marihuana (es) f
• Svan: ქან (kan)
• Swahili: bangi (sw)
• Swedish: hampa (sv) c
• Tajik: канаб (kanab), банг (bang), бангдона (bangdona)
• Tamil: சணப்பு (ta) (caṇappu), சணம்பு (ta) (caṇampu), சணப்பை (ta) (caṇappai)
• Tatar: киндер (tt) (kinder)
• Thai: ป่าน (th) (bpàan)
• Tibetan: སོ་མ་ར་རྩྭ (so ma ra rtswa)
• Turkish: kenevir (tr), kendir (tr)
• Turkmen: kendir, kenep
• Tuvan: хендир (xendir)
• Udmurt: пыш (pyš)
• Ukrainian: коно́плі pl (konópli)
• Urdu: بھنگ‎ f (bhāng)
• Uzbek: nasha (uz), kanop (uz)
• Venetian: caneva f, càneva (vec) f, cànef (vec) f
• Vietnamese: cây gai dầu, gai dầu, cần sa, cây cần sa
• Volapük: jan (vo)
• Welsh: cywarch m
• Westrobothnian: hamp m
• Yakut: көлөппүнэ (kölöppüne)
• Zulu: insangu 9

a coarse fibre

• Bulgarian: коноп (bg) m (konop), кълчища n pl (kǎlčišta)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: hampputuote
• Greek:

  Ancient: κάνναβις f (kánnabis)

• Maori: kōaka

• Middle English: hemp
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hamp m

  Nynorsk: hamp m

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: kùdjelja (sh), kùdelja (sh)

• Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• meph

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch hemd (“shirt”), from Middle Dutch hemde, hemede, from Old Dutch *hemithi, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją. Cognate with German Hemd, Yiddish העמד‎ (hemd).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɛmp/

Noun

hemp (plural hemde, diminutive hempie)

1. shirt
   • 2009, Christien Neser, Kondensmelk.

     Hy was haar hemp terwyl hy saggies fluit.

     He is washing her shirt while he's whistling softly.

Usage notes

• Note that the original -d- resurfaces in the plural hemde, but not in the diminutive.

Derived terms

• hempbaadjie
• hempbloes
• hempbroek
• hempkraag
• hemplinne
• hemprok
• hempsboordjie
• hempskakel
• hempsknoop
• hempslip
• hempsmou
• T-hemp

 

Descendants

• → Northern Sotho: hempe
• → Phuthi: ihhempe
• → Shona: hembe
• → Sotho: hempe
• → Southern Ndebele: irhembe
• → Tswana: hêmpê
• → Xhosa: ihempe
• → Zulu: ihembe

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• hempe, henpe, henoppe, henepe, henep, hanep, henppe

Etymology

From Old English henep, hænep (“hemp”), from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz; cognate to Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛmp/, /ˈhɛn(ə)p/

Noun

hemp (uncountable)

1. Hemp (Cannabis sativa).
2. Hempen fibre or products made of it.

Derived terms

• hempen

Descendants

• English: hemp
• Scots: hemp, hempt

References

• “hemp, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.