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(key): /ˌmɛɹɪˈwɑ.nə/, /ˌmæɹ-/, /-ˈhwɑ-/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /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
Descendants
- → Italian: marijuana
Translations
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See also
Further reading
marijuana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
marijuana (word) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “marijuana”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
French
Pronunciation
Noun
marijuana f (plural marijuanas)
Further reading
- “marijuana”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Cannabis_Plant.jpg/200px-Cannabis_Plant.jpg)
Etymology
Borrowed from English marijuana, from Mexican Spanish marihuana.
Pronunciation
Noun
marijuana f (uncountable)
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
- Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧ju‧a‧na
Noun
marijuana f (plural marijuanas)
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French marijuana, from Spanish marihuana.
Pronunciation
Noun
marijuana f (uncountable)
Declension
gender f | uncountable |
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Nom/Acc | marijuana |
Gen/Dat | marijuanei |
See also
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish marihuana.
Noun
marijuana c
Declension
Declension of marijuana | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | marijuana | marijuanan | — | — |
Genitive | marijuanas | marijuanans | — | — |
Synonyms (slang)
See also
References
- English terms borrowed from Mexican Spanish
- English terms derived from Mexican Spanish
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with usage examples
- English terms with quotations
- en:Hemp family plants
- en:Marijuana
- en:Recreational drugs
- French 4-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French feminine nouns
- Italian terms borrowed from English
- Italian terms derived from English
- Italian terms derived from Mexican Spanish
- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ana
- Rhymes:Italian/ana/4 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian uncountable nouns
- Italian terms spelled with J
- Italian feminine nouns
- it:Recreational drugs
- Portuguese 5-syllable words
- Portuguese 4-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Romanian terms borrowed from French
- Romanian unadapted borrowings from French
- Romanian terms derived from French
- Romanian terms derived from Spanish
- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
- Romanian uncountable nouns
- Romanian feminine nouns
- ro:Recreational drugs
- Swedish terms borrowed from Spanish
- Swedish terms derived from Spanish
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns