marijuana

• marihuana (less common)

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”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌmɛɹɪˈwɑ.nə/, /ˌmæɹ-/, /-ˈhwɑ-/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌmæɹɪˈwɑː.nə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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marijuana (usually uncountable, plural marijuanas)

2. 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.”

   • 2025 April 20, Sandee LaMotte, “Marijuana hospital visits linked to dementia diagnosis within 5 years, study finds”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Sunday is 420 day, when lovers of marijuana get together to celebrate their fondness for weed.

3. The hemp plant itself, Cannabis sativa.

• → Italian: marijuana

• Appendix:Cannabis slang

• cannabis (drug) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• marijuana (word) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “marijuana (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʁi.ʁwa.na/, /ma.ʁi.ʒɥa.na/

marijuana f (plural marijuanas)

1. marijuana, cannabis

• “marijuana”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from English marijuana, from Mexican Spanish marihuana.

• IPA^(key): /ma.riˈwa.na/, /ma.rjuˈa.na/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧juà‧na

marijuana f (uncountable)

1. marijuana

• 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

• Hyphenation: ma‧ri‧ju‧a‧na

marijuana f (plural marijuanas)

1. marijuana, cannabis

   Synonyms: canábis, (Mozambique) suruma

Unadapted borrowing from French marijuana, from Spanish marihuana.

• IPA^(key): [ma.riˈwa.na], [ma.riˈhwa.na]

marijuana f (uncountable)

1. marijuana

• hașiș

Borrowed from Spanish marihuana.

marijuana c

1. marijuana

• marijuana in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• marijuana in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)