"Mary Jane" meaning in English

See Mary Jane in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Audio: En-au-Mary Jane.ogg
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Mary Jane
  1. A female given name. Translations (double given name): Marie-Jeanne [feminine] (French), María Xoana [feminine] (Galician), Maria Joana [feminine] (Portuguese), María Juana [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Mary_Jane-en-name-b1svBRzJ Categories (other): English female given names, English given names
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Footwear Disambiguation of Footwear: 0 0 0

Noun

Audio: En-au-Mary Jane.ogg
Etymology: Calque of Spanish María Juana. Etymology templates: {{clq|en|es|María Juana}} Calque of Spanish María Juana Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} Mary Jane (uncountable)
  1. (slang) Marijuana. Tags: slang, uncountable Related terms: maryjane [alternative], mary jane [alternative] Translations (slang for marijuana): mari (Finnish), Marie-Jeanne [feminine] (French), María Xoana [feminine] (Galician), Marihuana [neuter] (German), Gras [neuter] (German), Mary Jane [neuter] (German), Mariska (Hungarian), Maria Giovanna [feminine] (Italian), Maria Joana [feminine] (Portuguese), Mary Jane [feminine] (Portuguese), Maria Ioana [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-Mary_Jane-en-noun-MdUok4bT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English genericized trademarks, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Volapük translations, Marijuana, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 80 9 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 20 71 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 67 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 18 78 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 82 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 26 68 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 23 69 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 68 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 21 74 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 32 62 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 21 69 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 16 79 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 21 74 5 Disambiguation of Marijuana: 0 100 0 Synonyms: bhang, benj [obsolete], boo, broccoli, bud, buddha, cannabis, cheeba, choof, daccha [dated], dank, devil's lettuce, djamba, doja, doobage, dope, endo, gage [dated], ganja, ganj, grass, green, greenery, hash, hashish, hemp, herb, Mary Jane, MJ, marihoochie, marijuana, Mary Joanna, method, mezz [dated], muggle [dated], mull, pot, puff, reefer, sens, sensimillia, sensimilla, shit, sweetleaf, tea [dated], Texas tea, trees, twig, wacky tobaccy, weed, yarndie [Australia], zaza, zombie [Australia]
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Footwear Disambiguation of Footwear: 0 0 0

Noun

Audio: En-au-Mary Jane.ogg Forms: Mary Janes [plural]
Etymology: Genericized trademark, named after a character in the Buster Brown comic strip with this name, licensed by the shoe manufacturer. Etymology templates: {{wp|+ shoes}}, {{genericized trademark|en}} Genericized trademark Head templates: {{en-noun}} Mary Jane (plural Mary Janes)
  1. A type of shoe, usually for a girl, having a rounded toe and a strap with a buckle. Translations (type of shoe): 瑪麗珍鞋 /玛丽珍鞋 (Mǎlì-Zhēn xié) (Chinese Mandarin), maryjane (Finnish), baby (French), Spangenschuh [masculine] (German), メリージェーン (Merījēn) (Japanese), 메리 제인 (meri jein) (Korean), mercedita [feminine] (Spanish), snabädajuk (Volapük), cilasnabädajuk (english: child) (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-Mary_Jane-en-noun-khi46t29
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3 Categories (other): Footwear Disambiguation of Footwear: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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