conifer

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English

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Etymology

From Latin cōnifer (“bearing cones”), from cōnus (“cone”) + ferō (“to bear”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɒnɪfə(ɹ)/
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Noun

conifer (plural conifers)

  1. (botany) A plant belonging to the order Coniferales; a cone-bearing seed plant with vascular tissue, usually a tree.

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Latin

Etymology

cōnus (“cone”) +‎ -fer (“-bearing”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

cōnifer (feminine cōnifera, neuter cōniferum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

  1. (hapax) bearing conical fruit
    Synonym: cōniger
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 3.677–681:
      cernimus astantis nequiquam lumine torvo
      Aetnaeos fratres caelo capita alta ferentis,
      concilium horrendum: quales cum vertice celso
      aeriae quercus aut coniferae cyparissi
      constiterunt, silva alta Iovis lucusve Dianae.
      • Translation by David West
        We saw the brotherhood of Etna standing there helpless, each with his one eye glaring and head held high in the sky, a fearsome gathering, standing like high-topped mountain oaks or cone-bearing cypresses in Jupiter's soaring forest or the grove of Diana.

Usage notes

Attested once in the Classical period (see quotations above).

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cōnifer cōnifera cōniferum cōniferī cōniferae cōnifera
Genitive cōniferī cōniferae cōniferī cōniferōrum cōniferārum cōniferōrum
Dative cōniferō cōniferō cōniferīs
Accusative cōniferum cōniferam cōniferum cōniferōs cōniferās cōnifera
Ablative cōniferō cōniferā cōniferō cōniferīs
Vocative cōnifer cōnifera cōniferum cōniferī cōniferae cōnifera

References

  • “conifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “conifer”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conifer, French conifère.

Noun

conifer n (plural conifere)

  1. conifer

Declension

Declension of conifer
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) conifer coniferul (niște) conifere coniferele
genitive/dative (unui) conifer coniferului (unor) conifere coniferelor
vocative coniferule coniferelor
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