adj
Meaning 1
Made of hemp
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
hempen
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Canada: /ˈhɛmpən/
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CMU ARPABET: HH EH1 M P AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Related to hempen ropes, i.e., to hanging as capital punishment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
having or resembling fibers especially fibers used in making cordage such as those of jute
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fibrous
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English hempen, hempyn, from Old English *hænepen (“made of hemp, hempen”), from Proto-West Germanic *hanapīn (“hempen, made of hemp”), equivalent to hemp + -en. Cognate with West Frisian himpen (“hempen”), Dutch hennepen (“hempen”), German Low German hempen (“hempen”), German hanfen, hänfen (“hempen”). More at hemp.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: конопен (konopen) — made of hemp
- Czech: konopný — made of hemp
- German: hanfen — made of hemp
- Latin: cannabius — made of hemp
- Turkish: kendir — made of hemp