ciprés

See also: cipres

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [siˈpɾes]

Noun

ciprés m (plural cipressos)

1. Alternative form of xiprer (“cypress”)

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese çipres, ultimately from Occitan cipres, from Late Latin cypressus, from Ancient Greek κυπάρισσος (kupárissos). First attested in 1493.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /θiˈpɾɛs/ [θiˈpɾɛs̺]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /θiˈpɾɛs/ [θiˈpɾɛs̺]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /siˈpɾɛs/ [siˈpɾɛs]

• Rhymes: -ɛs
• Hyphenation: ci‧prés

Noun

ciprés m (plural cipreses)

1. cypress (Cupressus sempervirens)

   Synonym: alcipreste

2. cypress wood

   Synonym: alcipreste

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ciprés”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ciprés”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ciprés”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan cipres, from Late Latin cypressus, from Ancient Greek κυπάρισσος (kupárissos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θiˈpɾes/ [θiˈpɾes]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /siˈpɾes/ [siˈpɾes]
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: ci‧prés

Noun

ciprés m (plural cipreses)

1. cypress (Cupressus sempervirens)

Derived terms

• agalla de ciprés
• ciprés común
• ciprés de Cartagena
• ciprés de la Patagonia
• ciprés de Levante
• ciprés mediterráneo
• ciprés ramoso
• nuez de ciprés
• piña de ciprés

 

Further reading

• “ciprés”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28