different between forestial vs forestal

English

Etymology

forest +? -ial

Adjective

forestial (comparative more forestial, superlative most forestial)

1. Of, like, or having to do with a forest.
2. (not comparable) Relating to forestry (cultivating forests for harvest).

Synonyms

• sylvan, silvan
• woods (attr. n.)

Anagrams

• alforsite, foralites, raftilose

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??(?)?st??l/

Verb

forestal (third-person singular simple present forestals, present participle forestalling, simple past and past participle forestalled)

1. Obsolete spelling of forestall

Etymology 2

forest +? -al

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f???st?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?f????st?l/

Adjective

forestal (not comparable)

1. (uncommon) Relating to forestry (cultivating forests for harvest).

Anagrams

• Laforest, Lafortes, floaters, floe rats, forsteal, refloats

Catalan

Adjective

forestal (masculine and feminine plural forestals)

1. (attributive) forest

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fo?es?tal/, [fo.?es?t?al]

Adjective

forestal (plural forestales)

1. forest

Derived terms

• agroforestal
• incendio forestal

Further reading

• “forestal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.