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Etymology
Middle English < Old French forest < Late Latin forestem silvam ("the outside woods," in reference to the royal forest) < Late Latin forestis (property, open ground reserved for the chase) < Latin foris (outside, out of doors). See foreign.

Pronunciation
AHD|f�r��st
IPA|/�f�ɹ�st/
SAMPA|/"fQrIst/
audio|en-us-forest.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
en-noun

1. A dense collection of trees covering a relatively large area. Larger than woods.
2. Any dense collection or amount.

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Blackfoot: Ä­spitcÄ­ko
Bulgarian: го�а (gora) f, ле� (les) m
Catalan: bosc m :ca:bosc|^, forest#Catalan|forest f
Cheyenne: ma'tää'e
Chinese: 森� (s�nlín)
Chorti: tah
Creek: etvlk�
Croatian: t-|hr|Å¡uma|f
Czech: t+|cs|les|m
Danish: skov c
Dutch: t+|nl|woud|n, t+|nl|bos|n
Esperanto: t-|eo|arbaro|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t+|et|mets
Finnish: t+|fi|metsä
French: t+|fr|forêt|f
German: Wald m, Wälder p :de:Wald|^
Greek: δά�ο� [�ðaso�s] n, δ��μ�� [ðri�mo�s] m, άλ�ο� [�also�s] n
Hebrew: �ער (ya'ar) m
Hungarian: erd�, erd�ség
Ido: foresto
Icelandic: t+|is|skógur
Indonesian: t+|id|hutan|xs=Indonesian
Interlingua: foreste
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Italian: t+|it|foresta|f
Japanese: 森 (��, morí), 森� (����, shinrín)
Korean: � (sup), �림 (samrim)
Kurdish: KUchar|ب�ش��ڵا�, KUchar|دارستا�
Lakota: ka�wita
Latin: t+|la|silva|f
Maltese: foresta f, masġar m
Mi'kmaq: neb��kt'
Mingo: kaháta'
Northern Sami: vuovdi
Norwegian: t-|no|skog|m
Ojibwe: mitigwaaki, mitigwaakiin p
Occitan: forèst f, selva f
Polish: t+|pl|las|m
Portuguese: floresta f
Romanian: p�dure f, silv� (rare) f
Russian: ле� (les) m, ле�а (lesá) p
Scottish Gaelic: coille f
Serbian: ��ма (šuma) f, ��ме (šume) p
Slovak: t-|sk|les|m, t-|sk|hora|f
Slovene: t+|sl|gozd|m, t+|sl|les|m, t-|sl|hosta|f
Spanish: t+|es|bosque|m, t+|es|foresta|f
Swahili: t-|sw|msitu|xs=Swahili
Swedish: t+|sv|skog
Tamazight: �ⴰⴳⴰ�� (tagant) f
Yucatec (Maya): �ahš
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trans-top|any dense collection
Croatian: t-|hr|Å¡uma|f
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Slovene: t+|sl|gozd|m, t+|sl|slap|m
Telugu: �డవి
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Related terms
afforest
forested
forester
forestry
can't see the forest for the trees
rainforest

Adjective
forest

1. Connected with forests

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Translations
Bulgarian: го��ки m|p, го��ка f, го��ко n
Czech: lesní m
Esperanto: arbara
Greek: δα�ονομικ�� (dasonomikós)
Polish: le�ny m, le�na f, le�ne n
Portuguese: florestal m|f, florestais p
Romanian: silvic
Russian: t+|ru|ле�ной|trlesnój|scCyrl
Slovak: lesný, lesná, lesné m/f/n, horský, horská, horské m/f/n
Spanish: forestal, selvático

Verb
forest transitive

1. To cover an area with trees

Translations
Esperanto: arbari
Slovene: pogozdovati
Romanian: înp�duri
Bulgarian: зале��вам

See also
bush
jungle
wood
woodland
woods

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