conifer

conifer

See also: Conifer

English

Etymology

From Latin cōnifer (“bearing cones”), from cōnus (“cone”) + ferō (“to bear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɒnɪfə(ɹ)/

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Noun

conifer (plural conifers)

1. (botany) A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:conifer

Derived terms

• conifered
• coniferous

Translations

plant

Armenian: փշատերեւ ծառ (pʿšaterew caṙ) Catalan: conífera (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 針葉樹／针叶树 (zh) (zhēnyèshù) Cornish: saben f Czech: jehličnan (cs) m Dutch: conifeer (nl) m, naaldboom (nl) m Esperanto: pinofito, konifero Faroese: nálatræ n Finnish: havupuu (fi) French: conifère (fr) m Georgian: წიწვოვანი (c̣ic̣vovani), წიწვოვანი ხე (c̣ic̣vovani xe) German: Nadelbaum (de) m; (specialist, not generally understood) Konifere (de) f Greenlandic: orpik meqqutaasalik Hungarian: toboztermő Icelandic: barrtré (is) n Indonesian: konifera (id) Italian: conifera (it) f Japanese: 針葉樹 (ja) (shin'yōju) Korean: 침엽수(針葉樹) (ko) (chimyeopsu) Macedonian: четинар m (četinar) Malay: konifer Norwegian: bartre n Polish: drzewo iglaste n, (colloquial) choinka (pl) f Portuguese: conífera (pt) f Romanian: conifer (ro) n, conifere n pl Russian: хво́йное де́рево n (xvójnoje dérevo) Slovak: ihličnan (sk) m Spanish: conífera (es) f Swedish: barrträd (sv) n Welsh: conwydden f

Anagrams

• fir-cone, force in, in force, inforce

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Latin

Etymology

cōnus (“cone”) +‎ -fer (“-bearing”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.ni.fer/, [ˈkoːnɪfɛr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈko.ni.fer/, [ˈkɔːnifer]

Adjective

cōnifer (feminine cōnifera, neuter cōniferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. (hapax) bearing conical fruit

   Synonym: cōniger

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 3.677–681:

     cernimus astantis nequiquam lumine torvo
     Aetnaeos fratres caelo capita alta ferentis,
     concilium horrendum: quales cum vertice celso
     aeriae quercus aut coniferae cyparissi
     constiterunt, silva alta Iovis lucusve Dianae.

     • Translation by David West

       We saw the brotherhood of Etna standing there helpless, each with his one eye glaring and head held high in the sky, a fearsome gathering, standing like high-topped mountain oaks or cone-bearing cypresses in Jupiter's soaring forest or the grove of Diana.

Usage notes

Attested once in the Classical period (see quotations above).

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cōnifer	cōnifera	cōniferum		cōniferī	cōniferae	cōnifera
Genitive	cōniferī	cōniferae	cōniferī		cōniferōrum	cōniferārum	cōniferōrum
Dative	cōniferō		cōniferō		cōniferīs
Accusative	cōniferum	cōniferam	cōniferum		cōniferōs	cōniferās	cōnifera
Ablative	cōniferō	cōniferā	cōniferō		cōniferīs
Vocative	cōnifer	cōnifera	cōniferum		cōniferī	cōniferae	cōnifera

References

• “conifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conifer, French conifère.

Noun

conifer n (plural conifere)

1. conifer

Declension

Declension of conifer

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) conifer	coniferul	(niște) conifere	coniferele
genitive/dative	(unui) conifer	coniferului	(unor) conifere	coniferelor
vocative	coniferule		coniferelor