forest
English
/ˈfɒɹɪst/, /ˈfɔɹɪst/
noun
Definitions
- A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.
- Any dense collection or amount.
- (historical) A defined area of land set aside in England as royal hunting ground or for other privileged use; all such areas.
- (graph theory) A graph with no cycles; i.e., a graph made up of trees.
- (computing) A group of domains that are managed as a unit.
- The colour forest green.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English forest derived from Old French forest derived from Latin foresta, forestis, foresta derived from Frankish *forhist (wooded country, game preserve, forest).
Origin
Frankish
*forhist
Gloss
wooded country, game preserve, forest
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
森
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Waldo English
- agriforest English
- agroforest English
- cryptoforest English
- cryptoforestry English
- deforest English
- deforester English
- disforest English
- disforestation English
- enforest English
- forestation English
- forested English
- forestful English
- forestial English
- forestification English
- forestine English
- forestish English
- forestkeeper English
- forestland English
- forestless English
- forestlessness English
- forestlike English
- forestness English
- forestocracy English
- forestology English
- forestscape English
- forestward English
- forestwide English
- foresty English
- frith English
- genet English
- giant English
- giant forest genet English
- hyperforest English
- keeper English
- land English
- multiforest English
- nanoforest English
- nonforest English
- nonforested English
- nonrainforest English
- overforested English
- palaeoforest English
- paleoforest English
- pseudoforest English
- rain English
- rainforest English
- rainforestation English
- rainforested English
- reforest English
- spoligoforest English
- subforest English
- underforested English
- unforested English
- foresta Latin
- foresta, forestis Latin
- forestis Latin
- forestis (silva), forestis Latin
- silva Latin
- Forst German
- Forsthaus German
- Forstwesen German
- foresta Italian
- foresta Spanish, Castilian
- skau Norwegian Bokmål
- skog Norwegian Bokmål
- *skōgaz Proto-Germanic
- *walþuz Proto-Germanic
- forst- Swedish
- skog Norwegian Nynorsk
- friþ Old English
- fyrhþ Old English
- geweald Old English
- weald Old English
- forest Middle English
- frith Middle English
- wald Middle English
- weeld Middle English
- wold Middle English
- skógr Old Norse
- forest Old French
- forestier Old French
- selve Old French
- skógur Icelandic
- fforest Welsh
- forst Old High German
- skógur Faroese
- forêt Norman
- fouorêt Norman
- vorst Middle High German
- forest Middle French
- *furhiþ gmw-pro
- *furhiþi gmw-pro
- *walþu gmw-pro
- forest Old Dutch
- foresta Old Portuguese
- skogher Old Swedish
- skogher, skōgher Old Swedish
- skojj Westrobothnian
- *forhist Frankish
- *furhiþi Frankish
- foresta Old Spanish
- skogh Old Danish
- rain
- land
- Waldo
- genet
- giant
- frith
- keeper
- foresty
- deforest
- forested
- enforest
- reforest
- subforest
- forestial
- disforest
- nonforest
- forestine
- forestful
- forestish
- forestland
- forestlike
- unforested
- agriforest
- forestwide
- rainforest
- forestness
- forestward
- forestless
- nanoforest
- agroforest
- deforester
- multiforest
- forestscape
- hyperforest
- forestation
- paleoforest
- nonforested
- forestology
- palaeoforest
- overforested
- pseudoforest
- forestocracy
- forestkeeper
- cryptoforest
- rainforested
- underforested
- spoligoforest
- nonrainforest
- disforestation
- forestlessness
- cryptoforestry
- rainforestation
- forestification
- giant forest genet