cypres

See also: cyprès, cy pres, cy-pres, cy-près, and cy près

English

Noun

cypres (countable and uncountable, plural cypreses)

1. Obsolete form of cypress (“fabric”).
   • 1915, Aphra Behn, The Works of Aphra Behn, Vol. III‎^[1]:

     Philemon Holland's Plinie, Bk. XI, ch. xxii: 'The invention of that fine silke, tiffanie, sarcenet, and cypres, which instead of apparell to cover and hide, shew women naked through them.'

2. Obsolete form of cypress (“tree”).

Anagrams

• Pryces

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Danish

Etymology

From Old French cipres, from Latin cupressus.

Noun

cypres c (singular definite cypressen, plural indefinite cypresser)

1. cypress

Declension

Declension of cypres

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	cypres	cypressen	cypresser	cypresserne
genitive	cypres'	cypressens	cypressers	cypressernes

References

• “cypres” in Den Danske Ordbog