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chypre

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables
chypre
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of several perfumes having a citrus top note and woody base notes.

noun

Any of a family of fragrances built on a base consisting of bergamot, oakmoss and labdanum.

Etymology

French Chypre (“Cyprus”), the name of a perfume created by François Coty in 1917.

Inflected Forms

Chypres (plural) chipre (alternative)

Questions

What does chypre mean?
Any of several perfumes having a citrus top note and woody base notes.
Where does chypre come from?
French Chypre (“Cyprus”), the name of a perfume created by François Coty in 1917.

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