This word is from the Spanish ciprés.
cypress
cypress tree
ang mga dahon ng sipres
the leaves of the cypress
kahoy ng sipres
cypress wood
gaya ng higera at sipres
like the fig and cypress
ang pino, gayundin ang sipres at agoho
the pine, as well as the cypress and casuarina
Cypress trees are not native to the Philippines so many Filipinos don’t recognize this word unless they’ve seen it in Florante at Laura, a literary classic written during the Spanish period.
A few people mistakenly think that sipre is the singular form.
The word is sometimes written as saypres because of the influence of English.
the cypress family
Cypress is the common name for any tree that belongs in the scientific genus Cupressus. The tree having the scientific name Cupressus sempervirens is also known in English as Graveyard Cypress, Italian Cypress, Mediterranean Cypress, Pencil Pine, Spanish Cypress and Tuscan Cypress.
KAHULUGAN SA TAGALOG
siprés: alinman sa mga punongkahoy na laging lungti at may matingkad na lungti at malakalislis na dahon
❌ cirpes
