cypress

Significat (Anglès)

An evergreen coniferous tree with flattened shoots bearing small scale-like leaves, whose dark foliage is sometimes associated with mourning, in family Cupressaceae, especially the genera Cupressus and Chamaecyparis.

Conceptes

xiprer

Sinònims

cedar

cypress tree

tree

🌳

cypres

Cupressaceae

Traduccions

cipresso

cyprès

ciprés

Zypresse

cipreste

κυπαρίσσι

cipres

cupressus

servi

Cupressus

cyparissus

cypres

chamaecyparis

cipres

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: cipres

Cognat amb francès: cyprès

Cognat amb hebreu: גֹּפֶר

In summary

From Middle English cipres, from Old French cipres (French cyprès), from Late Latin cypressus; compare Hebrew גֹּפֶר (gōp̄er), the name of the tree whose wood was used to make the ark (Genesis. vi:14), also κύπρος (relating to aromatic pitch).