# French Canadian Slang for Marijuana **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 30, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-slang-for-marijuana/623540 "2012-05-30T13:30:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-slang-for-marijuana/623540/1 "2012-05-30T13:30:13Z")
What are some French Canadian slang terms for marijuana? Herbe, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-slang-for-marijuana/623540/2 "2012-05-30T14:36:25Z")
Marie-Jeanne? ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-slang-for-marijuana/623540/3 "2012-05-30T14:37:14Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > What are some French Canadian slang terms for marijuana? Herbe, perhaps? “Pot”, “mari”. Pronounce like the english word pot, and “maree”. ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-slang-for-marijuana/623540/4 "2012-05-30T14:39:42Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Marie-Jeanne? I’ve actually used this, but mostly as a joke. I sounds like something someone’s grandmother would say. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-slang-for-marijuana/623540/5 "2012-05-30T14:40:24Z")
Le weed. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-slang-for-marijuana/623540/6 "2012-05-30T15:48:14Z")
> [@jovan](#): > > “Pot”, “mari”. Pronounce like the english word pot, and “maree”. These are the two that come to mind. I have heard some people use “herbe”, but it’s uncommon and likely an anglicism, as I think I mostly recall it being used by an anglophone speaking French. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-slang-for-marijuana/623540/7 "2012-05-30T16:29:44Z")
Colitas d&r ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-slang-for-marijuana/623540/8 "2012-05-30T16:45:17Z")
Definitely “_pot_”, pronounced like the English word “putt”. Gender is masculine, and usually you’ll need a “_du_” in front (see [this other recent thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=653311)). “_Alexandre cultive du pot derrière le garage._” or: “_Il y a des plants de pot dans le champ de fraises._” or: “_Jean-Claude fumait un joint dans le coin du garage._” (Note that the final T in “_joint_” is silent, so it rhymes with “_coin_”.) I think there are other names for a joint. ---
**Author:** ![Shark\_Sandwich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-slang-for-marijuana/623540/9 "2012-05-30T17:11:29Z")
Marijuan, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-slang-for-marijuana/623540/10 "2012-05-30T17:24:21Z")
> [@Shark\_Sandwich](#): > > Marijuan, eh? Nice try, but we don’t use “eh?” in French. I don’t think English speakers use it as much as you think, either. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-slang-for-marijuana/623540/11 "2012-05-30T18:46:09Z")
> [@Heracles](#): > > Nice try, but we don’t use “eh?” in French. I don’t think English speakers use it as much as you think, either. Sorey, it’s aboot time for everyone to return to their hooses and eat poutine and Kraft Dinner, eh. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2012, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-slang-for-marijuana/623540/12 "2012-05-30T18:50:58Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > What are some French Canadian slang terms for marijuana? Herbe, perhaps? One interesting question would be whether or not some or all of the slang terms are shared with other French speaking countries. In English, it looks like most of the pot words are shared between the US, the UK, and Canada, but, with regards to another often-smoked substance, British people can smoke a “fag”. In the US, “smoking a fag” would be a violent hate crime. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-slang-for-marijuana/623540/13 "2012-05-31T01:06:16Z")
I live in Montreal. “Pot” and “herbe” are the terms I hear most often. Bonus word: “camé” means “stoned.” ---
**Author:** ![clairobscur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/839c29/32.png) [@clairobscur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clairobscur)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-slang-for-marijuana/623540/14 "2012-05-31T05:53:13Z")
> [@robert\_columbia](#): > > One interesting question would be whether or not some or all of the slang terms are shared with other French speaking countries. . “Pot” isn’t used in France, while “herbe” definitely is. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-slang-for-marijuana/623540/15 "2012-05-31T12:01:31Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > What are some French Canadian slang terms for marijuana? O Cannabis. mmm ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-slang-for-marijuana/623540/16 "2012-05-31T12:02:52Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I live in Montreal. “Pot” and “herbe” are the terms I hear most often. > > Bonus word: “camé” means “stoned.” How are the Montreal police about people smoking _herbe_ in public, particularly during the Montreal Jazz Festival? Not that it makes any difference to me personally… 🆒 _Merci_. ---
**Author:** ![BleizDu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@BleizDu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BleizDu)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-slang-for-marijuana/623540/17 "2012-05-31T12:36:00Z")
“Beuh”, as in “il fume de la beuh”, is used in France, is it used by French-Canadians? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-slang-for-marijuana/623540/18 "2012-05-31T22:54:18Z")
Oui’d ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-slang-for-marijuana/623540/19 "2012-06-01T09:20:34Z")
> [@BleizDu](#): > > “Beuh”, as in “il fume de la beuh”, is used in France, is it used by French-Canadians? No. This is the _joual_ way of pronouncing “boeuf”, which is slang for “cops”. Like in “22, v’là les poulets” or “Run, here comes the pigs” or "Cours, v’là les beuhs. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 11:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-slang-for-marijuana/623540/20 "2012-06-01T11:05:20Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > I live in Montreal. “Pot” and “herbe” are the terms I hear most often. I never really heard anyone using “herbe” except when being silly about it. “Pot” and “mari” were the most common words, in my limited experience. > [@EmilyG](#): > > Bonus word: “camé” means “stoned.” I didn’t know that! Not sure how I managed to never hear that word, but only a couple of my francophone friends were smokers. Guess it never came up. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-canadian-slang-for-marijuana/623540.md?page=2)