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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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: kush

Etymology 1

From cushty, from Romani kushto, kushti (“good”).

Adjective

cush (comparative more cush, superlative most cush)

1. (Tyneside, slang) Excellent, very good.

   That car owwer there is propa cush!

Etymology 2

From cushion.

Noun

cush (plural cushes)

1. (colloquial, sports, billiards, snooker, pool) The cushion, the soft lip around the edge of the table that allows the balls to bounce cleanly.

Anagrams

• CHUs, Such, hucs, such

Spanish

Alternative forms

• cux

Etymology

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Noun

cush m (plural cushs)

1. (Guatemala) a kind of tree (Ficus sp.)