cipre

See also: Cipre

Middle English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiprə/, /ˈsipər/, /ˈsiːp-/

Etymology 1

A back-formation from cipres, interpreted as a plural.

Alternative forms

• cypre, cypur

Noun

cipre (plural cipres)

2. (rare) A cypress (the tree Cupressus sempervirens)

   Synonym: cipres

References

• “cī̆pres(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin cyprus, from Ancient Greek κῠ́προς (kúpros); compare Cipre (“Cyprus”).

Alternative forms

• ciprus, cipur

Noun

cipre (uncountable)

2. (rare) henna (the shrub Lawsonia inermis)

References

• “cipre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.