different between silvicolous vs sylvan

English

Etymology

Latin silva (“forest”) +? -colous

Adjective

silvicolous (comparative more silvicolous, superlative most silvicolous)

1. Growing in woodlands.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sylvanus, possibly via Middle French sylvain, from Latin Silv?nus (“Roman god of the woods”), from silva (“forest”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”). The ?y? in sylvanus and its descendants is due to influence from Ancient Greek ????? (h??l?, “wood, matter”), transliterated in the Latin style as hyle.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: s?l'v?n, IPA^(key): /?s?lv?n/
• Hyphenation: syl?van

Adjective

sylvan (comparative more sylvan, superlative most sylvan)

1. Pertaining to the forest, or woodlands.
2. Residing in a forest or wood.
3. Wooded, or covered in forest.

Alternative forms

• silvan

Synonyms

• (of or like a forest): forestlike, foresty
• (of or like a grove): grovy

Derived terms

• anthrosylvan
• sylvanite
• sylvanshine

Related terms

Translations

See also

• arboreal
• nemorous

Noun

sylvan (plural sylvans)

1. One who resides in the woods.
2. A fabled deity of the wood; a faun, a satyr.