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chanvre.

hemp

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʃɑ̃vʁ/
  1. hemp

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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.

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