sempervirent
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin semper (“always”) + virēns, present participle of vireō (“be green”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /sɛmpəˈvaɪɹənt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /sɛmpɚˈvaɪɹənt/
Adjective edit
sempervirent (not comparable)
- Evergreen.
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 408:
- A boxwood-lined path, presided over by a nostalgic-looking sempervirent sequoia (which American visitor mistook for a ‘Lebanese cedar’ – if they remarked it at all) took them to the absurdly misnamed rue du Mûrier […]
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From Latin semper (“always”) + virēns, present active participle of vireō (“be green”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [səm.pər.biˈɾen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [səm.pər.viˈɾent]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [sem.peɾ.viˈɾent]
Adjective edit
sempervirent m or f (masculine and feminine plural sempervirents)
- (botany) evergreen
- Synonym: perennifoli
- Antonyms: decidu, caducifoli
Further reading edit
- “sempervirent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.