cipres

See also: ciprés

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cypresse, from Old French cipres, from Latin cupressus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈprɛs/

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• Hyphenation: ci‧pres
• Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

cipres m (plural cipressen, diminutive cipresje n)

1. cypress

Derived terms

• cipressenboom
• cipressenhout
• cipreswolfsmelk

 

Further reading

• cipres on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French cipres, from Latin cupressus, from Ancient Greek κυπάρισσος (kupárissos).

Alternative forms

• cipresse, cipris, cipriss, cupresse, cypres, cypress, cypresse, sipres, syprese, sipresse, syperesse, sypres

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈprɛs/, /ˈsiprɛs/, /ˈsiːprɛs/

Noun

cipres (plural cipresses)

1. A cypress (the tree Cupressus sempervirens)

   Synonym: cipre

2. The wood of that tree; cypress wood.

Descendants

• English: cypress

References

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

Etymology 2

Noun

cipres

1. plural of cipre (“cypress”)