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Webster 1913 Edition


Cannabis


Can′na-bis

,
p
rop.
Noun.
[L., hemp. See
Canvas
.]
1.
(Bot.)
A genus of a single species belonging to the order
Uricaceæ
; hemp.

Definition 2024


Cannabis

Cannabis

See also: cannabis

Translingual

Proper noun

Cannabis f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cannabaceae - hemp.

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Hyponyms


German

Noun

Cannabis m

  1. cannabis.

Synonyms

cannabis

cannabis

See also: Cannabis

English

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.
  2. A mildly euphoriant or sedating, intoxicating hallucinogenic drug prepared from various parts of this plant.
  3. The purified and decarboxylated resin of the cannabis plant used for medicinal purposes rather than for any intoxicating effects.

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Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Cannabis slang

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.na.bis/

Noun

cannabis m (uncountable)

  1. cannabis

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis), from Scythian (compare Kurdish kinif, Ossetian гӕн (gæn)), from a compound of Finno-Ugric *kéne 'hemp' (compare Estonian kena, Lapp kèdž', Udmurt kenem) and *piš 'to burn; nettle' (compare Komi-Permyak пыш (pyš), Udmurt пыш (pyš), Khanty piš, Hungarian peszeg). This word was borrowed widely into Semitic, Balto-Slavic and Germanic. See hemp.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.na.bis/, [ˈkan.na.bɪs]

Noun

cannabis f (genitive cannabis); third declension

  1. hemp

Declension

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in and accusative plural in -īs.

Case Singular Plural
nominative cannabis cannabēs
genitive cannabis cannabium
dative cannabī cannabibus
accusative cannabem
cannabim
cannabēs
cannabīs
ablative cannabe
cannabī
cannabibus
vocative cannabis cannabēs

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Norman: cannabis (borrowing), cannevi
  • Occitan: cambe, carbe
  • Portuguese: canábis (borrowing), cânhamo
  • Romanian: canabis (borrowing), cânepă
  • Romansh: chonv, coniv, tgonev, chanv
  • Sardinian: càgnu, cànnabu
  • Sicilian: cànnavu, cànavu, cànnamu
  • Spanish: cannabis (borrowing), cáñamo
  • Venetian: caneva

Noun

cannabīs

  1. dative plural of cannabum
  2. ablative plural of cannabum


References


Norman

Etymology

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

Noun

cannabis m (uncountable)

  1. cannabis

Spanish

Etymology

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

Noun

cannabis m (uncountable)

  1. cannabis

See also


Swedish

Noun

cannabis c

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

Declension