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