cypress

== English == === Alternative forms === cypres (obsolete) === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/ Homophone: Cyprus === Etymology 1 === 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). ==== Noun ==== cypress (plural cypresses) 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 ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== cypress Alternative form of Cyprus (“type of fabric”). === See also === cy pres === References === cypress on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Cupressus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Chamaecyparis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies == Middle English == === Noun === cypress alternative form of cipres == Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish cypres, from Latin cupressus. === Noun === cypress c cypress ==== Declension ====