cimbro

See also: cimbró

Galician

Cimbro ("juniper tree")

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from an earlier form *jĩbro < *jĩebro, from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus. Cognate with Portuguese zimbro and Spanish enebro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθimbɾo̝/

Noun

cimbro m (plural cimbros)

1. juniper

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Old French cindre (“wooden support frame for the construction of an arch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθimbɾo̝/

Noun

cimbro m (plural cimbros)

1. mountaintop

   Synonyms: cima, cume

Derived terms

• cimbrón

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cimbro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cimbro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cimbro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃim.bro/
• Rhymes: -imbro
• Hyphenation: cìm‧bro

Adjective

cimbro (feminine cimbra, masculine plural cimbri, feminine plural cimbre)

1. Cimbrian (of, from or relating to Cimbria)

Noun

cimbro m (plural cimbri, feminine cimbra)

1. Cimbrian (native or inhabitant of Cimbria) (male or of unspecified gender)

Noun

cimbro m (uncountable)

1. Cimbrian (language)

   Synonym: lingua cimbra

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθimbɾo/ [ˈθĩm.bɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsimbɾo/ [ˈsĩm.bɾo]
• Rhymes: -imbɾo
• Syllabification: cim‧bro

Verb

cimbro

1. first-person singular present indicative of cimbrar