cypres

English

Etymology 1

Noun

cypres

  1. Obsolete spelling of cypress (tree).

Etymology 2

Noun

cypres

  1. Obsolete spelling of cypress (fabric).
    • 1915, Aphra Behn, The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. III[1]:
      Philemon Holland's Plinie, Bk. XI, ch. xxii: 'The invention of that fine silke, tiffanie, sarcenet, and cypres, which instead of apparell to cover and hide, shew women naked through them.'

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish cipræs, via Old French cipres and Latin cupressus from Ancient Greek κυπάρισσος (kupárissos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [syˈpʰʁ̥as], [syˈpʰʁ̥ɑs]

Noun

cypres c (singular definite cypressen, plural indefinite cypresser)

  1. cypress

Declension

Declension of cypres
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cypres cypressen cypresser cypresserne
genitive cypres' cypressens cypressers cypressernes

References

Middle English

Noun

cypres

  1. alternative form of cipres

Old Polish

Alternative forms

  • cypresz (possible alternative reading)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cupressus. First attested in 1472.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /t͡sʲiprɛs/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /t͡sʲiprɛs/

Noun

cypres m animacy unattested (related adjective cyprysowy)

  1. (attested in Greater Poland) cypress (an evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis)
    • 1900 [1472], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2[2], number 101:
      Czypress lignum cipressi
      [Cypresz lignum cipressi]
    • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 27v:
      Cipressus est quedam arbor cuius caput a rotunditate in acumine erigitur czypresz
      [Cipressus est quedam arbor cuius caput a rotunditate in acumine erigitur czypres]

Descendants

  • Polish: cyprys
  • Silesian: cyprys

References