# marijuana
## English
### Alternative forms

* marihuana (less common)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Mexican Spanish marihuana, from mariguana. First attested in 1874 in the publications of Hubert Howe Bancroft. Altered by influence of a folk etymology involving the proper name María Juana (“Mary Jane”).

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˌmɛɹɪˈwɑ.nə/, /ˌmæɹ-/, /-ˈhwɑ-/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˌmæɹɪˈwɑː.nə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Noun

marijuana (usually uncountable, plural marijuanas)
* The inflorescence of the Cannabis sativa plant, smoked or ingested for euphoric effect.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana
    After smoking a bowl of that fine marijuana, they ate some brownies.
** 1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 13, in On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC, part 1:You could smell tea, weed, I mean marijuana, floating in the air, together with the chili beans and beer.
** 2017 April 2, “Marijuana”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 4, episode 7, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:Exactly. Marijuana is something we just all gradually decided is okay, like Mark Wahlberg as a serious actor. “You know what? Sure, I’ve decided I’m fine with that.”
* The hemp plant itself, Cannabis sativa.

#### Derived terms

* antimarijuana
* marijuanalike
* medical marijuana
* nonmarijuana
* promarijuana

#### Descendants

* → Italian: marijuana

#### Translations
### See also

* Appendix:Cannabis slang

### Further reading

* marijuana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* marijuana (word) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “marijuana”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.ʁi.ʁwa.na/, /ma.ʁi.ʒɥa.na/

### Noun

marijuana f (plural marijuanas)
* marijuana, cannabis

### Further reading

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

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English marijuana, from Mexican Spanish marihuana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.riˈwa.na/, /ma.rjuˈa.na/
* Rhymes: -ana
* Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧juà‧na

### Noun

marijuana f (uncountable)
* marijuana

### References

* ↑ marijuana in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

### Further reading

* cannabis sativa on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{it}$
* marijuana on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{it}$
* marijuana in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* “marijuana” in Il dizionario della lingua italiana De Mauro

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ma.ɾi.ʒuˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [ma.ɾi.ʒʊˈɐ̃.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ma.ɾiˈʒwɐ̃.nɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ma.ɾi.ʒuˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [ma.ɾi.ʒʊˈɐ̃.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ma.ɾiˈʒwɐ̃.nɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ma.ɾi.ʒuˈɐ.na/ [ma.ɾi.ʒʊˈɐ.na], (faster pronunciation) /ma.ɾiˈʒwɐ.na/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐ.ɾiˈʒwɐ.nɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɐ.ɾiˈʒwɐ.nɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /mɐ.ɾiˈʒwa.nɐ/
* Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧ju‧a‧na

### Noun

marijuana f (plural marijuanas)
* marijuana, cannabis
    Synonyms: canábis, (Mozambique) suruma

## Romanian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French marijuana, from Spanish marihuana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ma.riˈwa.na], [ma.riˈhwa.na]

### Noun

marijuana f (uncountable)
* marijuana

#### Declension

| gender f | uncountable |
| Nom/Acc | marijuana |
| Gen/Dat | marijuanei |

### See also

* hașiș

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish marihuana.

### Noun

marijuana c
* marijuana

#### Synonyms (slang)

* braj
* brass
* gräs
* grönt
* jazztobak
* w
* äzi

#### See also

* gås
* hasch
* holk
* mecka

### References

* marijuana in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* marijuana in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)