cypress

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

cipres

cypres

Cypres

Synoniemen

cedar

cypress tree

tree

🌳

cypres

Cupressaceae

Vertalingen

cipresso

cyprès

ciprés

Zypresse

cipreste

κυπαρίσσι

xiprer

cupressus

Cupressus

cyparissus

servi

chamaecyparis

selvi

cipres

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: cipres

Verwant aan Frans: cyprès

Verwant aan Hebreeuws: 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).