marijuana
English
Alternative forms
- marihuana (less common)
Etymology
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
the drug
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the plant Cannabis sativa
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See also
- Appendix:Cannabis slang
Further reading
marijuana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
marijuana (word) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “marijuana”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ʁi.ʁwa.na/, /ma.ʁi.ʒɥa.na/
Further reading
- “marijuana”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian

Una pianta di marijuana in fiore – A flowering marijuana plant
Etymology
Borrowed from English marijuana, from Mexican Spanish marihuana.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.riˈwa.na/, /ma.rjuˈa.na/[1]
- Rhymes: -ana
- Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧juà‧na
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(key): /ma.ɾi.ʒuˈɐ̃.nɐ/ [ma.ɾi.ʒʊˈɐ̃.nɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ma.ɾiˈʒwɐ̃.nɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ma.ɾi.ʒuˈɐ.na/ [ma.ɾi.ʒʊˈɐ.na], (faster pronunciation) /ma.ɾiˈʒwɐ.na/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.ɾiˈʒwɐ.nɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /mɐ.ɾiˈʒwa.nɐ/
- Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧ju‧a‧na
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ma.riˈwa.na], [ma.riˈhwa.na]
Declension
gender f | uncountable |
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Nom/Acc | marijuana |
Gen/Dat | marijuanei |
See also
Swedish
Declension
Declension of marijuana | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | marijuana | marijuanan | — | — |
Genitive | marijuanas | marijuanans | — | — |
References
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