Meanings
cypress1
plural cypresses · alternative obsolete cypres
- 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.
The plain appears like paradiſe reſtored, where the proud cypreſs and tall arreca ſeem walking by the margin of the paſſing ſtream..
1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page iv1 more example
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.
1940, Rosetta E. Clarkson, Green Enchantments: The Magic Spell of Gardens, The Macmillan Company, page 273
cypress2
Cypress3
- A city in Orange County, California, United States.
- abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Cypress County.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latincypressus
- Old Frenchcipres
- Middle Englishcipres
- Englishcypress
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).
More words from Middle English, Old French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek κυπάρισσος
- κυπάρισσος (kupárissos)an evergreen coniferous tree
Arabic سَرْوَة, سَرْو
- سَرْوَة (sarwa)an evergreen coniferous tree
- سَرْو (sarw)an evergreen coniferous tree
Bulgarian кипари́с, се́лвия
- кипари́с (kiparís)an evergreen coniferous tree
- се́лвия (sélvija)an evergreen coniferous tree
Catalan xiprer
- xipreran evergreen coniferous tree
Chinese Mandarin 柏樹 /柏树
- 柏樹 /柏树 (bǎishù, bóshù)an evergreen coniferous tree
Czech cypřiš
- cypřišan evergreen coniferous tree
Dutch cipres
- cipresan evergreen coniferous tree
Esperanto cipreso
- cipresoan evergreen coniferous tree
Estonian küpress
- küpressan evergreen coniferous tree
Finnish sypressi
- sypressian evergreen coniferous tree
French cyprès
- cyprèsan evergreen coniferous tree
German Zypresse
- Zypressean evergreen coniferous tree
Greek κυπαρίσσι
- κυπαρίσσι (kyparíssi)an evergreen coniferous tree
Hawaiian kupeleko
- kupelekoan evergreen coniferous tree
Hebrew בְּרוֹשׁ, תְּאַשּׁוּר
- בְּרוֹשׁ (bərṓš)an evergreen coniferous tree
- תְּאַשּׁוּר (təʾaššū́r)an evergreen coniferous tree
Hungarian ciprus, ciprusfa
- ciprusan evergreen coniferous tree
- ciprusfaan evergreen coniferous tree
Icelandic kýprusviður
- kýprusviðuran evergreen coniferous tree
Italian cipresso
- cipressoan evergreen coniferous tree
Japanese サイプレス, 糸杉
- サイプレス (saipuresu)an evergreen coniferous tree
- 糸杉 (itosugi)an evergreen coniferous tree
Latin cupressus
- cupressusan evergreen coniferous tree
Latvian ciprese
- cipresean evergreen coniferous tree
Lithuanian kiparisas
- kiparisasan evergreen coniferous tree
Māori kaiperi
- kaiperian evergreen coniferous tree
Norwegian sypress
- sypressan evergreen coniferous tree
Persian سرو
- سرو (sarv)an evergreen coniferous tree
Polish cyprys
- cyprysan evergreen coniferous tree
Portuguese cipreste
- ciprestean evergreen coniferous tree
Romanian chiparos
- chiparosan evergreen coniferous tree
Russian кипари́с
- кипари́с (kiparís)an evergreen coniferous tree
Slovak cyprus
- cyprusan evergreen coniferous tree
Spanish ciprés
- ciprésan evergreen coniferous tree
Swahili mvinje
- mvinjean evergreen coniferous tree
Swedish cypress
- cypressan evergreen coniferous tree
Tagalog sipres
- sipresan evergreen coniferous tree
Turkish servi, selvi
- servian evergreen coniferous tree
- selvian evergreen coniferous tree
Welsh cypreswydd
- cypreswyddan evergreen coniferous tree
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
cypress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cypress
“cypress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cypress. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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