cipre
See also: Cipre
Middle English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]A back-formation from cipres, interpreted as a plural.
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]cipre (plural cipres)
- (rare) A cypress (the tree Cupressus sempervirens)
- Synonym: cipres
References
[edit]- “cī̆pres(se, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Latin cyprus, from Ancient Greek κῠ́προς (kúpros); compare Cipre (“Cyprus”).
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]cipre (uncountable)
- (rare) henna (the shrub Lawsonia inermis)
References
[edit]- “cipre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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