silva

Signification (Anglais)

1. (declension-1, feminine) wood, forest
2. (declension-1, feminine) orchard, grove

Concepts

forêt

bois

🪵

brousse

sylve

boqueteau

bosquet

contrée boisée

jardin fruitier

pays boisé

verger

Synonymes

lustrum

nemus

lignum

boscus

arbustum

materia

foresta

Traductions

forest

Wald

bos

🪵

bosque

bosco

δάσος

woud

floresta

foresta

bosc

wood

🪵

selva

bosque

Forst

Prononcé comme (IPA)

[ˈsɪɫ.wa]

Étymologie (Anglais)

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- (“firewood, wood, beam, board, frame, threshold”), and compared with Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood, timber”) and Old English syl (“sill, threshold, foundation”). However, De Vaan is implicitly skeptical of this derivation, and leaves the origin open.