cypress
/ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.25 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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.
noun
Alternative form of Cyprus (“type of fabric”).
name
A city in Orange County, California, United States.
name
Example Sentences
- "The plain appears like paradiſe reſtored, where the proud cypreſs and tall arreca ſeem walking by the margin of the paſſing ſtream.."
- "Have a tree or two the witches particularly like, such as the alder, larch, cypress and hemlock; then, to counteract any possible evil effects, there must be a holly, yew, hazel, elder, mountain ash or juniper."
Etymology
From Middle English cipres, from Old French cipres (French cyprès), from Late Latin cypressus; compare Hebrew גֹּפֶר (gōp̄er), the name of the tree whose wood was used to make the ark (Genesis. vi:14), also κύπρος (relating to aromatic pitch).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: cipres, cypressus
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/
- British English: /ˈsaɪ.pɹəs/
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
African cypress
Alaska cypress
Arizona cypress
Baker cypress
bald cypress
Bhutan cypress
black cypress
Chinese cypress