chanvre

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French chanvre, chenvre, inherited from Late Latin canava, canapus, altered form of the Classical Latin cannabis, a borrowing from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). Doublet of cannabis, which was a later borrowing from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑ̃vʁ/

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Noun

chanvre m (plural chanvres)

1. hemp

Related terms

• canevas
• chènevis

Further reading

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