Meaning
cypress
- An evergreen coniferous tree with slender, tall foliage, typical of the Mediterranean landscape.
In a sentence
La collina toscana era costeggiata da una fila di cipressi.
The Tuscan hill was lined with a row of cypresses.
All'ingresso della villa si ergeva un cipresso secolare.
At the entrance of the villa stood a centuries-old cypress.
I cipressi sono alberi sempreverdi molto resistenti alla siccità.
Cypresses are evergreen trees very resistant to drought.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| cipresso | masculine · singular |
| cipressi | masculine · plural |
Usage notes
- Commonly associated with Tuscan landscapes and traditionally planted in Italian cemeteries.