cimbro

See also: cimbró

Galician

Cimbro ("juniper tree")

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese, from an earlier form *jibro < *jiebro, from Vulgar Latin *iiniperus, jiniperus (attested in the Appendix Probi), cf. also *jeniperus, *jinepirus, Late Latin zyniperum, from Latin jūniperus, iūniperus. Cognate with Portuguese zimbro and Spanish enebro.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈθimbɾo̝/

Noun

cimbro m (plural cimbros)

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)

mountaintop
Synonyms: cima, cume

Derived terms

cimbrón

References

“cimbro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
“cimbro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“cimbro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. enebro.
Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. cimbra.

Italian

Adjective

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

Cimbrian

Noun

cimbro m (plural cimbri)

Cimbrian (person, language (masculine only)

Synonyms

(language): lingua cimbra

Spanish

Verb

cimbro

First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of cimbrar.

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