cimbro

cimbro

See also: cimbró

Galician

Cimbro ("juniper tree")

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese, from an earlier form *jĩbro < *jĩebro, from Vulgar Latin *ieniperus, from Latin iūniperus. Cognate with Portuguese zimbro and Spanish enebro.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθimbɾo̝/

Noun

cimbro m (plural cimbros)

1. juniper

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Old French cindre (“wooden support frame for the construction of an arch”).[2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθimbɾo̝/

Noun

cimbro m (plural cimbros)

1. mountaintop

   Synonyms: cima, cume

Derived terms

• cimbrón

References

• “cimbro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “cimbro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “cimbro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “enebro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
2. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “cimbra”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃim.bro/
• Rhymes: -imbro
• Hyphenation: cìm‧bro

Adjective

cimbro (feminine cimbra, masculine plural cimbri, feminine plural cimbre)

1. Cimbrian (of, from or relating to Cimbria)

Noun

cimbro m (plural cimbri, feminine cimbra)

1. Cimbrian (native or inhabitant of Cimbria) (male or of unspecified gender)

Noun

cimbro m (uncountable)

1. Cimbrian (language)

   Synonym: lingua cimbra

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθimbɾo/ [ˈθĩm.bɾo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsimbɾo/ [ˈsĩm.bɾo]
• Rhymes: -imbɾo
• Syllabification: cim‧bro

Verb

cimbro

1. first-person singular present indicative of cimbrar