cypress

See also: Cypress and cy pres

English
Cypress

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Homophone: Cyprus

Etymology 1

From Middle English cipres, from Old French cipres (French cyprès), from Ancient Greek κυπάρισσος (kupárissos), probably from an unknown Mediterranean Pre-Greek language; 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).

Noun

cypress (plural cypresses)

  1. 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.
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

cypress

  1. Alternative form of Cyprus (“type of fabric”)

References

Middle English

Noun

cypress

  1. Alternative form of cipres

Swedish

Noun

cypress c

  1. cypress

Declension
Declension of cypress 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative cypress cypressen cypresser cypresserna
Genitive cypress cypressens cypressers cypressernas
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