hemp

See also: Hemp

English

Etymology

From Middle English hemp, hempe, henpe, henoppe, henepe, henep, hanep, from Old English henep, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz. Doublet of cannabis and canvas.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hɛmp/
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Rhymes: -ɛmp

Noun

hemp (countable and uncountable, plural hemps)

A tall annual herb, Cannabis sativa, native to Asia.
Various products of this plant, including fibres and the drug cannabis.
(slang, historical) The gallows.
- 1864, James Russell Lowell, Fireside Travels:
  A hundred and fifty years ago, Cotton Mather bewails the carnal attractions of the tavern and the training field, and tells of an old Indian, who imperfectly understood the English tongue but desperately mastered enough of it to express a desire for instant hemp rather than listen to any more ghostly consolations.

Derived terms

hempen
hempish
hemplike
hempy

Translations

Cannabis sativa

Abkhaz: аныцә (anəcʷ)
Afrikaans: hennep (af)
Akkadian: qunnabu
Albanian: kërp (sq), kânp (Gheg)
Arabic: قِنَّب‎ (qinnab)
Armenian: կանեփ (hy) (kanepʿ)
Aromanian: cãnipã f, cãnavi
Asturian: cáñamu m
Azerbaijani: kənaf
Bashkir: киндер (kinder), тарма (tarma)
Belarusian: кано́плі pl (kanópli)
Bulgarian: коно́п (bg) m (konóp)
Burmese: ဘင်း (my) (bhang:)
Buryat: улһан (ulhan) (Russian Buryat)
Catalan: cànem (ca)
Chechen: кӏомал (kʼomal)
Chinese:
Dungan: ма (ma)
Mandarin: 大麻 (zh) (dàmá), 麻 (zh) (má)
Chuvash: кантӑр (kant̬ăr)
Coptic: ⲉⲣⲃⲓⲥⲓ m (erbisi)
Czech: konopí (cs) n
Danish: hamp c
Dutch: hennep (nl) m
Eastern Mari: кыне́ (kyné)
Esperanto: kanabo
Estonian: kanep
Faroese: hampur m
Finnish: hamppu (fi)
French: chanvre (fr) m
Friulian: cjanaipe f, čhanaipe
Gagauz: kenevir
Galician: cánabo m
Georgian: კანაფი (ḳanapi)
German: Hanf (de) m
Alemannic German: Hamf m
Greek: κάνναβη (el) f (kánnavi)
Ancient: κάνναβις f (kánnabis)
Hebrew: קָנַבּוֹס‎ (he) m (kanābos)
Hindi: भाँग (hi) f (bhāṅg), भांग (hi) f (bhāṅg)
Hungarian: kender (hu)
Ido: kanabo (io)
Irish: cnáib f
Italian: canapa (it) f
Japanese: 麻 (ja) (あさ, asa)
Kalmyk: олсн (olsn)
Karachay-Balkar: кендир (kendir)
Karakalpak: kendir
Kashubian: kònople f pl
Kazakh: кендір (kendır), қарақурай (qaraqurai)
Khakas: киндір (kindìr)
Khmer: ឃ្លាយ (km) (khliəy)
Komi-Permyak: пыш (pyš)
Korean: 대마 (ko) (daema)
Kumyk: кендир (kendir), кендираш (kendiraş)
Kyrgyz: кара куурай (kara kuuray), кендир (kendir)
Lao: ປໍ (pǭ), ປ່ານ (pān)
Latin: cannabis f
Latvian: kaņepe (lv) f
Macedonian: коноп m (konop)
Manchu: ᠣᠯᠣ (olo)
Manx: kennip
Maori: taru rauhea
Mari:
Western Mari: кӹне (kÿne)
Middle English: hemp
Mongolian: олс (mn) (ols)
Nanai: онокто
Norman: cannevi m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hamp m
Nynorsk: hamp m
Occitan: cambe (oc), carbe
Old English: henep m
Ottoman Turkish: كنویر‎ (kenevir), كندر‎ (kendir), قنب‎ (kınnap)
Pashto: بنګ‎ m (bang)
Persian: کنف‎ (fa) (kanaf), کنب‎ (fa) (kanab), بنگ‎ (fa) (bang)
Polish: konopie (pl) pl
Portuguese: cânhamo (pt), maconha (pt)
Romanian: cânepă (ro) f
Romansch: chonv, coniv, tgonev, tgoven, chanv
Russian: конопля́ (ru) f (konopljá), пенька́ (ru) f (penʹká) (fibers)
Sardinian: càgnu, cànniu
Scottish Gaelic: cainb f
Serbo-Croatian: конопља f, konoplja (sh) f
Shor: кендир (kendir)
Sicilian: cànnavu (scn) m, cànavu (scn), cànnamu (scn)
Slovak: konopa f, konope f pl
Slovene: konoplja f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: kónopje pl
Upper Sorbian: konop f, konopej f, konopje f pl
Southern Altai: кендир (kendir)
Spanish: cáñamo (es) m, marihuana (es) f
Svan: ქან (kan)
Swahili: bangi (sw)
Swedish: hampa (sv) c
Tajik: канаб (kanab), банг (bang), бангдона (bangdona)
Tamil: சணப்பு (ta) (caṇappu), சணம்பு (ta) (caṇampu), சணப்பை (ta) (caṇappai)
Tatar: киндер (tt) (kinder)
Thai: ป่าน (th) (bpàan)
Tibetan: སོ་མ་ར་རྩྭ (so ma ra rtswa)
Turkish: kenevir (tr), kendir (tr)
Turkmen: kendir, kenep
Tuvan: хендир (xendir)
Udmurt: пыш (pyš)
Ukrainian: коно́плі pl (konópli)
Urdu: بھنگ‎ f (bhāng)
Uzbek: nasha (uz), kanop (uz)
Venetian: caneva f, càneva (vec) f, cànef (vec) f
Vietnamese: cây gai dầu, gai dầu, cần sa (vi), cây cần sa
Volapük: jan (vo)
Welsh: cywarch (cy) m
Westrobothnian: hamp m
Yakut: көлөппүнэ (kölöppüne)
Zulu: insangu class 9

a coarse fibre

Bulgarian: коноп (bg) m (konop), кълчища n pl (kǎlčišta)
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: hampputuote
Greek:
Ancient: κάνναβις f (kánnabis)
Maori: kōaka
Middle English: hemp
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hamp m
Nynorsk: hamp m
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: kùdjelja (sh), kùdelja (sh)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

meph

Afrikaans

FWOTD – 21 March 2022

Etymology

From Dutch hemd (“shirt”), from Middle Dutch hemde, hemede, from Old Dutch *hemithi, from Proto-Germanic *hamiþiją. Cognate with German Hemd, Yiddish העמד‎ (hemd).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɦɛmp/
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Noun

hemp (plural hemde, diminutive hempie)

shirt
- 2009, Christien Neser, Kondensmelk.
  Hy was haar hemp terwyl hy saggies fluit.
  He is washing her shirt while he's whistling softly.

Usage notes

Note that the original -d- resurfaces in the plural hemde, but not in the diminutive.

Derived terms

hempbaadjie
hempbloes
hempbroek
hempkraag
hemplinne
hemprok
hempsboordjie
hempskakel
hempsknoop
hempslip
hempsmou
T-hemp

Descendants

→ Fanagalo: hemp
→ Northern Sotho: hempe
→ Phuthi: ihhempe
→ Shona: hembe
→ Sotho: hempe
→ Southern Ndebele: irhembe
→ Tswana: hêmpê
→ Venda: hemmbe
→ Xhosa: ihempe
→ Zulu: ihembe

Middle English

Alternative forms

hanep, hempe, henep, henepe, henoppe, henpe, henppe

Etymology

From Old English henep, hænep (“hemp”), from Proto-West Germanic *hanapi, from Proto-Germanic *hanapiz; cognate to Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɛmp/, /ˈhɛn(ə)p/

Noun

hemp (uncountable)

Hemp (Cannabis sativa).
Hempen fibre or products made of it.

Derived terms

hempen

Descendants

English: hemp
Scots: hemp, hempt

References

“hemp, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-1-7.