chypre
noun
chypre is a noun meaning “Any of a family of fragrances built on a base consisting of bergamot, oakmoss and labdanum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-H-Y-P-R-E, and it appears about once in every 26 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of chypre is chypres.
What does chypre mean?
noun
- 1
Any of a family of fragrances built on a base consisting of bergamot, oakmoss and labdanum.
noun
- 1
Any of several perfumes having a citrus top note and woody base notes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of chypre
- chypres plural
- chipre
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is chypre?
Chypre appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Chypre in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | chypre |
| German | Chypre |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does chypre come from?
French Chypre (“Cyprus”), the name of a perfume created by François Coty in 1917.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).