cannabis

See also: Cannabis and cánnabis

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Wikipedia

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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• Hyphenation: can‧na‧bis

Noun

cannabis (countable and uncountable, plural cannabises)

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

   • 2021 July 22, Katie Hunt, “Schizophrenia linked to marijuana use disorder is on the rise, study finds”, in CNN‎:

     Cannabis use disorder is usually defined as a problematic use of the drug: developing tolerance to weed; using cannabis in larger amounts or over a longer period than intended; being unable to reduce use; spending a lot of time obtaining, using or recovering from the effects of cannabis; giving up important activities and obligations in favor of cannabis; and continued use of the drug despite negative consequences.

   • 2024, NTSB, Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022:

     We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash adversely affected her judgment of the danger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination vehicle.

   • 2024, NTSB, Intersection Crash Between Passenger Car and Combination Vehicle, Tishomingo, Oklahoma, March 22, 2022:

     We found that teen drivers and the public largely misunderstand the legal status of cannabis use and do not fully recognize the risks of cannabis-impaired driving.

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

Derived terms

• cannabene
• cannabev
• cannabidiol
• cannabin
• cannabinoid
• cannabinol
• cannabislike
• cannabism
• cannabisseur
• cannabusiness
• cannabutter
• cannaphobia
• cannista
• cantheism
• medical cannabis
• tetrahydrocannabinol

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 c, cannabis c, hash c, pot (da) n or c Dargwa: къама (ɢama) Dutch: hennep (nl) m, cannabis (nl) m Erzya: мушко (muško) Esperanto: kanabo Estonian: kanep Faroese: hampur m Finnish: hamppu (fi), kannabis (fi) French: cannabis (fr) m Galician: cánabo m Georgian: კანაფი (ka) (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) Tiwi: kanja, wupunga 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 (kánnăbĭs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.naːˌbɪs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: can‧na‧bis

Noun

cannabis m (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

References

• “cannabis” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.na.bis/

• Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)):

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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.bɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkan.na.bis]

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).

	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
  • Venetan: 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]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkan.na.bis]

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]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkan.na.bis]

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