cypress

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

cipresso

sinonimi

cedar

cypress tree

tree

🌳

cypres

Cupressaceae

Traduzioni

cyprès

ciprés

Zypresse

cipreste

κυπαρίσσι

xiprer

cipres

cupressus

servi

cyparissus

Cupressus

cypres

chamaecyparis

cipres

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: cipres

Affine francese: cyprès

Affine ebraico: 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).