cyprine
English · Français
AI In plain words
Writing a short explanation…
Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.
cyprine¹
Where it comes from
From cypress + -ine.
adjective more cyprine · most cyprine
- Of or pertaining to the cypress. Cyprine oil was made from the tree called cyprus in Egypt, according to Pliny.
cyprine²
Where it comes from
From Latin cyprium (“copper”) + English -ine.
noun cyprines
- A variety of tourmaline that contains copper, which gives it a unique blue color, also called cuprian elbaite. The fibrous copper-bearing variety cyprine was first observed by the author in 1905 in a small dump of unknown origin at the mouth of the Parker shaft.
cyprine³
Where it comes from
From Latin cyprīnus (“a species of carp”) + English -ine.
adjective more cyprine · most cyprine
- Of or pertaining to the carp.
noun cyprines
- A fish from the taxonomic family Cyprinidae. The mountain streams and upper reaches of the rivers are rich in trout, grayling and salmon, while the rivers of the plains abound in cyprine fish such as minnows, carp, huck, etc.
cyprine⁴
Where it comes from
Ultimately from Ancient Greek κύπρις (kúpris, “an epithet of Aphrodite”) + -ine.
noun cyprines
- Vaginal secretions that result from sexual arousal. Older women who no longer menstruate, excited by the younger women's caresses, secrete enough cyprine to paint their bodies.
Talk about this word "cyprine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/cyprine. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. cyprine. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/cyprine "cyprine." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/cyprine.Cite this
@misc{cyprine_2026,
title = {cyprine},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cyprine},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
