cyprine

== English == === Etymology 1 === From cypress + -ine. ==== Adjective ==== cyprine (comparative more cyprine, superlative most cyprine) (botany) Of or pertaining to the cypress. === Etymology 2 === From Latin cyprium (“copper”) + English -ine. ==== Noun ==== cyprine (countable and uncountable, plural cyprines) A variety of tourmaline that contains copper, which gives it a unique blue color, also called cuprian elbaite. === Etymology 3 === From Latin cyprīnus (“a species of carp”) + English -ine. ==== Adjective ==== cyprine (comparative more cyprine, superlative most cyprine) (zoology) Of or pertaining to the carp. ==== Noun ==== cyprine (plural cyprines) A fish from the taxonomic family Cyprinidae. === Etymology 4 === Ultimately from Ancient Greek κύπρις (kúpris, “an epithet of Aphrodite”) +‎ -ine. ==== Noun ==== cyprine (plural cyprines) Vaginal secretions that result from sexual arousal. === References === “cyprine”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present. === Anagrams === pyrenic == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /si.pʁin/ === Etymology 1 === From Latin cyprium (“copper”) +‎ -ine. ==== Noun ==== cyprine f (plural cyprines) (mineralogy) a blue variety of vesuvianite ===== Hypernyms ===== vésuvianite === Etymology 2 === Ultimately from Ancient Greek κύπρις (kúpris, “an epithet of Aphrodite”) +‎ -ine. ==== Noun ==== cyprine f (plural cyprines) (sex) vaginal lubrication, vaginal fluid === Further reading === “cyprine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Noun === cyprīne vocative singular of cyprīnus