ciprestal

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• cyprestal (obsolete)

Etymology

From cipreste (“cypress”) +‎ -al (“field of”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.pɾesˈtaw/ [si.pɾesˈtaʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.pɾesˈtaw/ [si.pɾesˈtaʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /si.pɾeʃˈtaw/ [si.pɾeʃˈtaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /si.pɾɨʃˈtal/ [si.pɾɨʃˈtaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /si.pɾɨʃˈtal/ [si.pɾɨʃˈtaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /si.pɾɨʃˈta.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: ci‧pres‧tal

Noun

ciprestal m (plural ciprestais)

1. a field of cypress trees

Further reading

• “ciprestal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ciprestal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026