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tetrahydrocannabinol

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌtɛ.tɹəˌhʌɪ.dɹə(ʊ)ˈkæn.əb.ɪn.ɒl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌtɛ.tɹəˌhʌɪ.dɹə(ʊ).kəˈnæb.ɪn.ɒl/
  • General-American: /ˌtɛ.tɹəˌhaɪ.dɹək.əˈnæb.əˌnɔl/
  • General-American: /ˌtɛ.tɹəˌhaɪ.dɹoʊˈkæ.nə.bɪˌnɔl/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The psychoactive substance present in cannabis, a hydrogenated derivative of cannabinol.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

psychoactive substance present in marijuana

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: THC

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: psychoactive drug, mind-altering drug, consciousness-altering drug, psychoactive substance

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kwetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kwétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- English hydro English tetrahydro Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis)bor. Latin cannabislbor. English cannab(is) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English -ol English cannabinol English tetrahydrocannabinol From tetrahydro + cannabinol.

Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: tetrahidrokannabinol — THC
  • Bulgarian: тетрахидроканабинол (tetrahidrokanabinol) — THC
  • Catalan: tetrahidrocannabinol — THC
  • Chinese Cantonese: 四氫大麻酚 /四氢大麻酚 (sei3 hing1 daai6 maa4 fan1) — THC
  • Chinese Mandarin: 四氫大麻酚 /四氢大麻酚 (sì qīng dàmá fēn) — THC
  • Czech: tetrahydrocannabinol — THC
  • Danish: tetrahydrocannabinol — THC
  • Dutch: tetrahydrocannabinol — THC
  • Esperanto: kvarhidrokanabinolo — THC
  • Finnish: tetrahydrokannabinoli — THC
  • French: tétrahydrocannabinol — THC
  • Galician: tetrahidrocannabinol — THC
  • German: Tetrahydrocannabinol — THC
  • Hebrew: טטרה־הידרו־קנאבינול — THC
  • Hungarian: tetrahidrokannabinol — THC
  • Italian: tetraidrocannabinolo — THC
  • Japanese: テトラヒドロカンナビノール (tetorahidorokannabinōru) — THC
  • Lithuanian: tetrahidrokanabinolis — THC
  • Norwegian: tetrahydrocannabinol — THC
  • Persian: تتراهیدروکانابینول (tetrâhidrokânâbinol) — THC
  • Polish: tetrahydrokannabinol — THC
  • Portuguese: tetraidrocanabinol — THC
  • Romanian: tetrahidrocannabinol — THC
  • Russian: тетрагидроканнабино́л (tetragidrokannabinól) — THC
  • Serbo-Croatian: тетрахидроканабинол — THC
  • Serbo-Croatian: tetrahidrokanabinol — THC
  • Slovak: tetrahydrokanabinol — THC
  • Slovene: tetrahidrokanabinol — THC
  • Spanish: tetrahidrocannabinol — THC
  • Swedish: tetrahydrocannabinol — THC
  • Thai: เตตร้าไฮโดรแคนนาบินอล (dtètráahaidrokaennaabìnolaw) — THC
  • Turkish: tetrahidrokannabinol — THC
  • Ukrainian: тетрагідроканнабіно́л (tetrahidrokannabinól) — THC
  • Welsh: tetrahydrocannabinol — THC