# cannabis
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkænəbɪs/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Hyphenation: can‧na‧bis

### Noun

cannabis (countable and uncountable, plural cannabises)
* 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
* 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
** 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.
* 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

#### Descendants

* → Irish: cannabas
* → Welsh: canabis

#### Translations
### See also

* Appendix:Cannabis slang

## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑ.naːˌbɪs/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: can‧na‧bis

### Noun

cannabis m (uncountable)
* cannabis, plant of the genus Cannabis, especially Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica
    Synonyms: cannabisplant, hennep, hennepplant, wietplant
* 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: /ka.na.bis/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

cannabis m (uncountable)
* 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: /ˈkan.na.bis/, [ˈkänːäbɪs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈkan.na.bis/, [ˈkänːäbis]

#### Noun

cannabis f (genitive cannabis); third declension
* hemp

##### Declension

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

##### 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: /ˈkan.na.biːs/, [ˈkänːäbiːs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈkan.na.bis/, [ˈkänːäbis]

#### Noun

cannabīs
* dative/ablative plural of cannabum

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Noun

cannabīs
* 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)
* (Jersey) cannabis

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* cánnabis

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kanˈnabis/ [kãnˈna.β̞is], /kaˈnabis/ [kaˈna.β̞is]
* Rhymes: -abis
* Syllabification: can‧na‧bis

### Noun

cannabis m (uncountable)
* cannabis

#### See also

* hierba
* marihuana
* mota

### Further reading

* “cannabis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cannabis.

### Noun

cannabis c
* cannabis; Cannabis sativa
* cannabis; a recreational drug

#### See also

* hasch
* marijuana

### References

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