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noun, masculine

chanvre

/ʃɑ̃vʁ/

noun, masculine/ʃɑ̃vʁ/plural: chanvres

hemp

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.

chanvre — French Dictionary | Passage