cypress

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

cedar

cypress tree

tree

🌳

cypres

Cupressaceae

Translations

cipresso

cyprès

ciprés

Zypresse

cipreste

κυπαρίσσι

xiprer

cipres

cupressus

servi

Cupressus

cyparissus

cypres

chamaecyparis

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: cipres

Cognate with French: cyprès

Cognate with Hebrew: 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).