Translingual

Proper noun

Cannabis f

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

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Rosales - order; Cannabaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, Cannabis ruderalis - species

German

Noun

Cannabis m

1. cannabis.

Synonyms

• Hanf

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.

Synonyms

• (plant): hemp, marijuana
• (drug): dope, grass, marijuana, THC, weed, string

Hyponyms

• (plant): Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, Cannabis ruderalis

Derived terms

• cannabinoid
• cannabidiol
• cannabinol

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

• cannaba, cannabum, cannabus, canva

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 -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

Derived terms

• cannabius

Descendants

Noun

cannabīs

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

References

• cannabis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cannabis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

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

• hierba
• marihuana
• mota

Swedish

Noun

cannabis c

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

Declension