cimbro

See also: cimbró

Galician

Cimbro ("juniper tree")

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from an earlier form *jĩbro < *jĩebro, from Vulgar Latin ziniperus, from Latin iūniperus. Cognate with Portuguese zimbro and Spanish enebro.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθimbɾo̝/

Noun

cimbro m (plural cimbros)

  1. juniper

Etymology 2

Perhaps from Old French cindre (wooden support frame for the construction of an arch).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθimbɾo̝/

Noun

cimbro m (plural cimbros)

  1. mountaintop
    Synonyms: cima, cume
Derived terms
  • cimbrón

References

  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “enebro”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
  2. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “cimbra”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃim.bro/
  • Rhymes: -imbro
  • Hyphenation: cìm‧bro

Adjective

cimbro (feminine cimbra, masculine plural cimbri, feminine plural cimbre)

  1. Cimbrian (of, from or relating to Cimbria)

Noun

cimbro m (plural cimbri, feminine cimbra)

  1. Cimbrian (native or inhabitant of Cimbria) (male or of unspecified gender)

Noun

cimbro m (uncountable)

  1. Cimbrian (language)
    Synonym: lingua cimbra

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθimbɾo/ [ˈθĩm.bɾo]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsimbɾo/ [ˈsĩm.bɾo]
  • Rhymes: -imbɾo
  • Syllabification: cim‧bro

Verb

cimbro

  1. first-person singular present indicative of cimbrar
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