tetrahydrocannabinol

See also: tétrahydrocannabinol

English

THC (tetrahydrocannabinol)

tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)

Etymology

From tetrahydro +‎ cannabinol.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌtɛ.tɹəˌhʌɪ.dɹə(ʊ)ˈkæn.əb.ɪn.ɒl/, /ˌtɛ.tɹəˌhʌɪ.dɹə(ʊ).kəˈnæb.ɪn.ɒl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌtɛ.tɹəˌhaɪ.dɹək.əˈnæb.əˌnɔl/, /ˌtɛ.tɹəˌhaɪ.dɹoʊ.ˈkæ.nə.bɪˌnɔl/

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Noun

tetrahydrocannabinol (countable and uncountable, plural tetrahydrocannabinols)

1. (organic chemistry) The psychoactive substance present in cannabis, a hydrogenated derivative of cannabinol.

Synonyms

• THC (abbreviation)

Hypernyms

• cannabinoid

Derived terms

• tetrahydrocannabinolic acid / THCA
• tetrahydrocannabivarin / THCV

Related terms

• cannabinol / CBN
• cannabidiol / CBD
• cannabigerol / CBG
• cannabis

Translations

THC

• Afrikaans: tetrahidrokannabinol
• Bulgarian: тетрахидроканабинол m (tetrahidrokanabinol)
• Catalan: tetrahidrocannabinol m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 四氫大麻酚／四氢大麻酚 (sei³ hing¹ daai⁶ maa⁴ fan¹)

  Mandarin: 四氫大麻酚／四氢大麻酚 (zh) (sì qīng dàmá fēn)

• Czech: tetrahydrocannabinol m
• Danish: tetrahydrocannabinol c
• Dutch: tetrahydrocannabinol m
• Esperanto: kvarhidrokanabinolo
• Finnish: tetrahydrokannabinoli (fi)
• French: tétrahydrocannabinol (fr) m
• Galician: tetrahidrocannabinol m
• German: Tetrahydrocannabinol (de) m
• Hebrew: טטרה-הידרו-קנאבינול
• Hungarian: tetrahidrokannabinol (hu)
• Italian: tetraidrocannabinolo (it) m
• Japanese: テトラヒドロカンナビノール (tetorahidorokannabinōru)
• Lithuanian: tetrahidrokanabinolis m
• Norwegian: tetrahydrocannabinol m
• Persian: تتراهیدروکانابینول (tetrâhidrokânâbinol)
• Polish: tetrahydrokannabinol (pl) m
• Portuguese: tetraidrocanabinol (pt) m
• Romanian: tetrahidrocannabinol n
• Russian: тетрагидроканнабино́л (ru) m (tetragidrokannabinól)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: тетрахидроканабинол m

  Roman: tetrahidrokanabinol m

• Slovak: tetrahydrokanabinol m
• Slovene: tetrahidrokanabinol m
• Spanish: tetrahidrocannabinol (es) m
• Swedish: tetrahydrocannabinol c
• Thai: เตตร้าไฮโดรแคนนาบินอล (dtètráahaidrokaennaabìnolaw)
• Turkish: tetrahidrokannabinol
• Ukrainian: тетрагідроканнабіно́л m (tetrahidrokannabinól)
• Welsh: tetrahydrocannabinol

References

• “tetrahydrocannabinol”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “tetrahydrocannabinol”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Czech

Etymology

From tetra- +‎ hydro- +‎ cannabinol.

Noun

tetrahydrocannabinol m inan

1. tetrahydrocannabinol

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Danish

Etymology

From tetra- +‎ hydro- +‎ cannabinol.

Noun

tetrahydrocannabinol c

1. tetrahydrocannabinol

Dutch

Etymology

From tetra- +‎ hydro- +‎ cannabinol.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: te‧tra‧hy‧dro‧can‧na‧bi‧nol

Noun

tetrahydrocannabinol m (uncountable)

1. tetrahydrocannabinol

Norwegian

Etymology

From tetra- +‎ hydro- +‎ cannabinol.

Noun

tetrahydrocannabinol m

1. tetrahydrocannabinol

Swedish

Etymology

From tetra- +‎ hydro- +‎ cannabinol.

Noun

tetrahydrocannabinol c

1. tetrahydrocannabinol

Welsh

Etymology

From tetra- +‎ hydro- +‎ cannabinol.

Noun

tetrahydrocannabinol m (uncountable)

1. tetrahydrocannabinol