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
Noun
cipres m (plural cipressen, diminutive cipresje n)
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
- cipresse, cipris, cipriss, cupresse, cypres, cypress, cypresse, sipres, syprese, sipresse, syperesse, sypres
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.
Etymology 2
Noun
cipres
- plural of cipre (“cypress”)