cypress

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

cyprès

chamaecyparis

cupressacées

Synonymes

cedar

cypress tree

tree

🌳

cypres

Cupressaceae

Traductions

cipresso

ciprés

Zypresse

cipreste

κυπαρίσσι

xiprer

cipres

cupressus

cyparissus

Cupressus

servi

cypres

selvi

cipres

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: cipres

Appartenant à français: cyprès

Appartenant à hébreu: 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).