cipres
See also: ciprés
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch cypresse, from Old French cipres, from Latin cupressus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siˈprɛs/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ci‧pres
- Rhymes: -ɛs
Derived terms
- cipressenboom
- cipressenhout
- cipreswolfsmelk
Further reading
- cipres on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old French cipres, from Latin cupressus, from Ancient Greek κυπάρισσος (kupárissos).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /siˈprɛs/, /ˈsiprɛs/, /ˈsiːprɛs/
Noun
cipres (plural cipresses)
- A cypress (the tree Cupressus sempervirens)
- Synonym: cipre
- The wood of that tree; cypress wood.
Descendants
- English: cypress
References
- “cī̆pres(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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