hashish
/həˈʃiːʃ/noun
hashish is spelled H-A-S-H-I-S-H: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, hashish means “The leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of hashish is hashishes.
How many letters and syllables are in hashish?
| Letters | 7: H-A-S-H-I-S-H |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,947th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is hashish?
Hashish appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,947th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce hashish?
- /həˈʃiːʃ/
- /hæˈʃiːʃ/
- /ˈhæʃɪʃ/
Hashish has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-hashish.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-hashish_(alt).wav, En-au-hashish.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of hashish
- hashishes plural
- hasheesh rare
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does hashish mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The leaves and tender parts of the Indian hemp plant (which are intoxicating), which are dried for either chewing or smoking.
- 2
A cannabis extract.
- 3
slangMarijuana generally.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Hashish in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense dried leaves of the Indian hemp plant:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | haschich, haschisch, hachisch, hachich |
| German | Haschisch, Hasch |
| Portuguese | haxixe |
| Spanish | hachís, kif |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does hashish come from?
Borrowed from Arabic حَشِيش (ḥašīš, “hay, dried herb”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).