Cypre

See also: cypre

French

Carte de l’Isle de Cypre (1764).

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French Cypre, from Latin Cyprus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sipʁ/

Proper noun

Cypre f

1. archaic form of Chypre

Derived terms

• cypriote
• Cypriote

Latin

Proper noun

Cypre

1. vocative singular of Cyprus

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin Cyprus.

Proper noun

Cypre f

1. Cyprus
   • 1561, Hypnerotomachie, folio 26v:

     […] de laquelle ces Nymphes mes conduyctrices mirẽt quelque peu en ce vaſe, & par deſſus aucunes gommes & bois odorant, dont ce fit vn parfum beaucoup plꝰ ſouef que celuy d’oyſeletz de Cypre.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• French: Cypre

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sipre/, [ˈt͡sipre]
• Rhymes: -ipre
• Hyphenation: Cyp‧re

Proper noun

Cypre

1. locative singular of Cyprus