zimbro

Meaning

1. (masculine) juniper (shrub or tree of the genus Juniperus)
2. (masculine) juniper berry (berry-like galbulus of a juniper tree)

Concepts

juniper

juniper tree

shrub

Genista raetam

Retama raetam

juniper bush

raetam

common juniper

retem

Synonyms

junípero

Translations

ginepro

Wacholder

ginebre

genévrier

enebro

jeneverbes

ardıç

ginebro

عرعر

junípero

baie de genièvre

Wacholderbeere

genièvre

jeneverstruik

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈzĩ.bɾu/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: iūniperus

Cognate with Galician: cimbro

Cognate with Spanish: enebro

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from an earlier form *jĩbro < *jĩebro, from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus. Compare Galician cimbro, Spanish enebro. Doublet of the learned borrowing junípero.