xiprer

• ciprés, xiprés, ciprer, xifrer

From earlier ciprer, a back-formation from ciprés which was reinterpreted as a plural form (i.e. ciprers). From Late Latin cypressus, from earlier cupressus, a borrowing of Ancient Greek κῠπᾰ́ρῐσσος (kŭpắrĭssos).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʃiˈpɾe]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [t͡ʃiˈpɾeɾ]

xiprer m (plural xiprers)

1. cypress (tree)
2. cypress (wood)

• xiprer calb

• “xiprer”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “xiprer” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.