different between sylvan vs forestal

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.

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.