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Meaning of Cypress | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈsaɪ.pɹəs

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. A city in Orange County, California, United States.
  3. Ellipsis of Cypress County.
    abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Equivalents

Български селвия
Català xiprer
Čeština cypřiš
Cymraeg cypreswydd
Deutsch Zypresse
Ελληνικά κυπαρίσσι
Esperanto cipreso
Español ciprés
Eesti küpress
فارسی سرو
Français cyprès
ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi kupeleko
עברית ברוש
Magyar ciprus
Հայերեն կիպարիս նոճի
Bahasa Indonesia saru
Italiano cipresso
Latina cupressus
Latviešu ciprese
Македонски чемпрес
Nederlands cipres
Polski cyprys
Português cipreste
Română chiparos
Русский кипарис
Slovenčina Cyprus
Shqip qiparis selvi
Svenska cypress
Tagalog sipres
Türkçe selvi servi
Українська кипарис
Tiếng Việt bách

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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