cannabis

See also: Cannabis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cannabis (“hemp”), from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). See there for more. Doublet of canvas and hemp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkænəbɪs/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

cannabis (countable and uncountable, plural cannabises)

Cannabis sativa

1. 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

2. A mildly euphoriant or sedating, intoxicating hallucinogenic drug prepared from various parts of this plant.

   Synonyms: 420, bhang, bud, dope, draw, ganja, grass, herb, leaf, marijuana, pot, puff, string, reefer, skunk, THC, weed

3. The purified and decarboxylated resin of the cannabis plant used for medicinal purposes rather than for any intoxicating effects.

Derived terms

• cannabidiol
• cannabinoid
• cannabinol
• medical cannabis

 

Descendants

• → Irish: cannabas
• → Welsh: canabis

Translations

plant

• Afrikaans: dagga (af), kannabis
• Albanian: kërp (sq), kânp
• Arabic: قِنَّب هِنْدِيّ m (qinnab hindiyy), قِنَّب m (qinnab)
• Armenian: կանեփ (hy) (kanepʻ)
• Asturian: cáñamu m
• Azerbaijani: kənaf, çətənə
• Bashkir: киндер (kinder), тарма (tarma)
• Belarusian: канапля́ f (kanapljá), кано́плі f pl (kanópli)
• Bengali: গাঁজা (bn) (gãja)
• Breton: kouarc'h (br) m
• Bulgarian: канабис m (kanabis)
• Burmese: ဆေးခြောက် (my) (hce:hkrauk)
• Catalan: cànem (ca) m, cànnabis (ca) m
• Chechen: кӏомал (kʼomal)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 大麻 (daai⁶ maa⁴)

  Hokkien: toā-moâ

  Mandarin: 大麻 (zh) (dàmá)

• Coptic: ⲉⲣⲃⲓⲥⲓ m (erbisi)
• Czech: konopí (cs) n
• Danish: hamp ?, cannabis ?, hash ?, pot (da) ?
• Dargwa: къама (ɢama)
• Dutch: hennep (nl) ?, cannabis (nl) m or f
• Erzya: мушко (muško)
• Esperanto: kanabo
• Estonian: kanep
• Faroese: hampur m
• Finnish: hamppu (fi), kannabis (fi)
• French: cannabis (fr) m
• Galician: cánabo m
• Georgian: კანაფი (ḳanapi)
• German: Cannabis (de) m, Hanf (de) m
• Greek: καννάβεις (el) pl (kannáveis)
• Hebrew: קנאביס (he) m (kan'avis)
• Hindi: कैनबिस ? (kainbis), भांग (hi) f (bhāṅg)
• Hungarian: kannabisz (hu), kender (hu)
• Ido: kanabo (io)
• Indonesian: ganja (id)
• Irish: cannabas m
• Italian: canapa (it) f
• Japanese: 大麻 (ja) (たいま, taima), インド大麻 (Indo-taima)
• Kalmyk: олсн (olsn)
• Kazakh: кенепшөп (kenepşöp)
• Khmer: កញ្ឆា (km) (kɑñchʰaa)
• Komi-Zyrian: пыш (pyš)
• Korean: 대마(大麻) (ko) (daema), 인도 대마 (indo daema)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: kinif (ku), kindir (ku)

• Kyrgyz: кара куурай (kara kuuray)
• Lak: ницӏайхъува (nicʼayquwa)
• Lithuanian: kanapė f
• Macedonian: коноп m (konop), канабис m (kanabis)
• Malagasy: rongony (mg)
• Malay: kanabis, ganja (ms)
• Maori: taru rauhea, tarukino
• Mingrelian: კიფი (ḳipi)
• Mongolian: олс (mn) (ols)
• Navajo: naakai binátʼoh
• Newar: क्यानाबिस (kyānābisa)
• Norman: cannabis m (Jersey)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hamp m

  Nynorsk: hamp m

• Old English: henep
• Ottoman Turkish: كنویر (kenevir), كندر (kendir), قنب (kınnap)
• Persian: شاه‌دانه (šâh-dâne)
• Polish: konopie (pl) pl, konopie siewne pl
• Portuguese: cânabis (pt) f, pé-de-maconha m
• Romanian: cânepă (ro) f
• Russian: конопля́ (ru) f (konopljá)
• Scottish Gaelic: cainb f, còrcach f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ко̀нопља f, ка̀набис m, поскон f

  Roman: kònoplja (sh) f, kànabis (sh) m, poskon f

• Sicilian: cànnavu (scn) m, cànnava (scn) f, cannabis f
• Spanish: cannabis (es) m, cáñamo (es) m
• Swahili: mbangi
• Swedish: cannabis (sv) c
• Tamil: சணப்பு (ta) (caṇappu), சணப்பை (ta) (caṇappai)
• Tatar: киндер (tt) (kinder)
• Thai: กัญชา (th) (gan-chaa)
• Turkish: kenevir (tr)
• Ukrainian: конопля́ f (konopljá)
• Urdu: گانجا m (gānjā), بھنگ (bhaṅg), بھانگ (bhāṅg), شاہدانہ (śāh-dāna), حشیش (haśīś), بنگ (baṅg), قنب (qunnib)
• Vietnamese: cần sa (vi)
• Welsh: cywarch (cy) m
• Yiddish: ^{(please verify)} האַנףֿ m (hanf), ^{(please verify)} קאָנאָפּליע m (konoplye)
• Zulu: insangu class 9
• ǃXóõ: gǂkxʻàna (dialectal)

marijuana — see marijuana

See also

• Appendix:Cannabis slang

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάννᾰβῐς (kánnabis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.naːˌbɪs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: can‧na‧bis

Noun

cannabis f (uncountable)

1. cannabis, plant of the genus Cannabis, especially Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica

   Synonyms: cannabisplant, hennep, hennepplant, wietplant

2. cannabis, a drug made from parts of this plant

   Synonyms: hennep, wiet

Derived terms

• cannabisdetaillist
• cannabisgebruiker
• cannabisolie
• cannabisplant
• cannabisproduct
• cannabist

 

Related terms

• canvas
• hennep

 

Descendants

• → Indonesian: kanabis

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cannabis, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). Doublet of chanvre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.na.bis/

• Audio:

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Noun

cannabis m (uncountable)

1. cannabis

Further reading

• “cannabis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). See there for more.

Alternative forms

• cannaba, cannabum, cannabus, canapa, canapis, canapus, canava, canva (Late Latin, Vulgar Latin)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na.bis/, [ˈkänːäbɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na.bis/, [ˈkänːäbis]

Noun

cannabis f (genitive cannabis); third declension

1. hemp

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, accusative singular in -im, ablative singular in -e or -ī).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cannabis	cannabēs
Genitive	cannabis	cannabium
Dative	cannabī	cannabibus
Accusative	cannabim	cannabēs cannabīs
Ablative	cannabe cannabī	cannabibus
Vocative	cannabis	cannabēs

Derived terms

• cannabius

Descendants

• ⇒ Late Latin: cannabum, cannabus
  • Asturian: cáñamu
  • Catalan: cànem
  • Galician: cánabo (“hemp, hemp fiber”)
  • Occitan: cambe, carbe
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: cánamo, cánabo
  • Spanish: cáñamo
    • → Portuguese: cânhamo
  • Sardinian: cànnabu, càgnu
  • Sicilian: cànnavu, cànnamu

• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: canapa
  • → Albanian: kërp
  • Aromanian: cãnipã
  • Friulian: cjanaipe, čhanaipe
  • Italian: canapa
  • Megleno-Romanian: cǫnipă
  • Romanian: cânepă, cânipă

• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *canapis, *canapus
  • ⇒ Dalmatian: canapial (“cord”)

• ⇒ Late Latin: canava
  • French: chanvre
  • Norman: cannevi
  • Portuguese: cânave
  • Romansch: chanv, chonv, coniv, tgonev
  • Sicilian: cànnava
  • Venetian: caneva

• → 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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na.biːs/, [ˈkänːäbiːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na.bis/, [ˈkänːäbis]

Noun

cannabīs

1. dative/ablative plural of cannabum

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na.biːs/, [ˈkänːäbiːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.na.bis/, [ˈkänːäbis]

Noun

cannabīs

1. dative/ablative plural of cannaba

References

• “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

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis).

Noun

cannabis m (uncountable)

1. (Jersey) cannabis

Spanish

Alternative forms

• cánnabis

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). See also cáñamo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈnabis/ [kãnˈna.β̞is]
  • Syllabification: can‧na‧bis
• IPA^(key): /kaˈnabis/ [kaˈna.β̞is]
• Rhymes: -abis

Noun

cannabis m (uncountable)

1. cannabis

See also

• hierba
• marihuana
• mota

Further reading

• “cannabis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cannabis.

Noun

cannabis c

1. cannabis; Cannabis sativa
2. cannabis; a recreational drug

Declension

Declension of cannabis
	Uncountable
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	cannabis	cannabisen	—	—
Genitive	cannabis	cannabisens	—	—

See also

• hasch
• marijuana

References

• cannabis in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• cannabis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)