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cypres

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English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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cypres

  1. Obsolete spelling of cypress (tree).

Etymology 2

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Noun

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cypres

  1. Obsolete spelling of cypress (fabric).
    • 1915, Aphra Behn, The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. III[1]:
      Philemon Holland's Plinie, Bk. XI, ch. xxii: 'The invention of that fine silke, tiffanie, sarcenet, and cypres, which instead of apparell to cover and hide, shew women naked through them.'

Anagrams

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Danish cipræs, via Old French cipres and Latin cupressus from Ancient Greek κυπάρισσος (kupárissos).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [syˈpʰʁ̥as], [syˈpʰʁ̥ɑs]

Noun

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cypres c (singular definite cypressen, plural indefinite cypresser)

  1. cypress

Declension

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Declension of cypres
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cypres cypressen cypresser cypresserne
genitive cypres' cypressens cypressers cypressernes

References

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Middle English

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Noun

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cypres

  1. Alternative form of cipres

Old Polish

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Alternative forms

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  • cypresz (possible alternative reading)

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin cupressus. First attested in 1472.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /t͡sɨprɛs/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /t͡sɨprɛs/

Noun

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cypres m animacy unattested (related adjective cyprysowy)

  1. (attested in Greater Poland) cypress (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)
    • 1900 [1472], Józef Rostafiński, editor, Symbola ad historiam naturalem medii aevi = Średniowieczna historya naturalna w Polsce. Ps 2[2], number 101:
      Czypress lignum cipressi
      [Cypresz lignum cipressi]
    • c. 1500, Wokabularz lubiński, Lubiń: inkunabuł Archiwum Archidiecezjalnego w Gnieźnie, sygn. Inc. 78d., page 27v:
      Cipressus est quedam arbor cuius caput a rotunditate in acumine erigitur czypresz
      [Cipressus est quedam arbor cuius caput a rotunditate in acumine erigitur czypres]

Descendants

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  • Polish: cyprys
  • Silesian: cyprys

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