how to pronounce cannabis

/ˈkæn.ə.bɪs/

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cannabis is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of cannabis in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… of cannabis there richly carved oak ship …”

meanings of cannabis

noun:

A mildly euphoriant or sedating, intoxicating hallucinogenic drug prepared from various parts of this plant.
The purified and decarboxylated resin of the cannabis plant used for medicinal purposes rather than for any intoxicating effects.
A tall annual dioecious plant (Cannabis, especially Cannabis sativa), native to central Asia and having alternate, palmately divided leaves and tough bast fibers.

cannabis frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word cannabis occurs in english on average 4.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.