different between marijuana vs cocain

English

Alternative forms

• marihuana

Etymology

From Mexican Spanish marihuana, from mariguana. First attested from 1894 of uncertain origin. Alteration by influence of the proper name María Juana (“Mary Jane”) is believed to be folk etymology.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?m????w?.n?/, /?mæ?-/, /-?hw?-/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mæ???w??.n?/

Noun

marijuana (usually uncountable, plural marijuanas)

1. A drug smoked or ingested for euphoric effect, cannabis.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana
2. The hemp plant itself, Cannabis sativa.

Descendants

• ? Italian: marijuana

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Cannabis slang

Further reading

• marijuana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• marijuana (word) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “marijuana”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.?i.?wa.na/, /ma.?i.??a.na/

Noun

marijuana f (plural marijuanas)

1. marijuana, cannabis

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English marijuana, from Mexican Spanish marihuana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ri?wa.na/, /ma.rju?a.na/
• Hyphenation: ma?ri?juà?na

Noun

marijuana f (uncountable)

1. marijuana

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)

1. marijuana, cannabis

   Synonyms: canábis, (Mozambique) suruma

Romanian

Etymology

Spanish marihuana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ma.ri?wa.na], [ma.ri?hwa.na]

Noun

marijuana f (uncountable)

1. marijuana

Declension

See also

• ha?i?

English

Noun

cocain (uncountable)

1. Dated form of cocaine.
   • 1905, Dental Society of the State of New York, Transactions of the Dental Society of the State of New York (volumes 37-40, page 106)

     My attention was called to this many years ago, very shortly after the introduction of cocain as a local anesthetic.

   • 1914, Transactions of the Section on Genito-Urinary Diseases of the American Medical Association, page 80:

     After opening the bladder (incision extending 1 inch pubically from peritoneal fold) the prostate was was injected deeply with 1 per cent. cocain while the pericapsular region was injected with the 1 : 400 novocain solution.

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