forest

== English == === Alternative forms === foreste (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English forest, from Old French forest, from Early Medieval Latin forestis. The Latin could be: from foris (“outside”), as in forestis (silva) "(wood) outside," or from Frankish or Proto-West Germanic *furhisti (“forest, fir-grove, wooded land”), equivalent to fir +‎ hurst.(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) In which case, related to Old English fyrhþe (“forested land”), Old High German forst, forsti (“forest”), Old Norse fýri (“pine forest”). Doublet of frith. Cognate with Dutch vorst (“copse, grove, woodland”), German Forst (“forest”). In this sense, mostly displaced the native Middle English wode, from Old English wudu (modern English wood) and Middle English wold, wald, wæld, from Old English weald (modern English wold, weald). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) enPR: fŏr′ĭst, IPA(key): /ˈfɒɹɪst/ (General American) enPR: fôr′ĭst, fŏr′ĭst, fôrst, IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹəst/, /fɔɹst/ (New York City, Philadelphia) IPA(key): /ˈfɑɹɪst/, /ˈfɑɹəst/ Homophone: forced (US, sometimes especially in fast speech) Rhymes: -ɒɹɪst Hyphenation: for‧est === Noun === forest (countable and uncountable, plural forests) 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, Microsoft Windows) A group of domains that are managed as a unit. (uncountable) The color forest green. ==== Hyponyms ==== See also Thesaurus:forest ==== Meronyms ==== tree See also Thesaurus:forest ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Category:forest on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons === Verb === forest (third-person singular simple present forests, present participle foresting, simple past and past participle forested) (transitive) To cover an area with trees. 1937, Széchenyi Scientific Society, Report on the Work of the Széchenyi Scientific Society: Founded for the Promotion of Research in Natural Sciences in Hungary, Zeéchenyi Scientific Society, page 83: From the view-point of national economy professor Fehér communicates to us most interesting facts, which he has established in an important question now of actuality : in the subject of foresting the Great Hungarian Plains. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === References === === Anagrams === Forets, Fortes, Foster, fetors, forset, fortes, fortés, foster, froste, softer == Middle English == === Alternative forms === fforest, foreste === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French forest, from Early Medieval Latin forestis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɔˈrɛst/, /ˈfɔrɛst/ === Noun === forest (plural forestes) A forest or wood (uninhabited forested region) A preserve for hunting exclusive to royalty. ==== Related terms ==== forester ==== Descendants ==== English: forest Scots: forest → Welsh: fforest ==== References ==== “forest, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 17 October 2018. == Middle French == === Alternative forms === fourest === Etymology === From Old French forest. === Pronunciation === === Noun === forest f (plural forests) forest 1544, L’Arcadie-Trad-Massin, Paris: ==== Descendants ==== French: forêt === Further reading === “forest”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Early Medieval Latin forestis. === Noun === forest f forest === References === “forest” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. == Old French == === Alternative forms === foreste === Etymology === Inherited from Early Medieval Latin forestis/-a. === Pronunciation === (Classical) IPA(key): /fuˈɾɛst/ (Late) IPA(key): /fuˈɾɛːt/ === Noun === forest oblique singular, m or f (oblique plural forez or foretz, nominative singular forez or foretz, nominative plural forest) royal hunting ground forest ==== Descendants ==== Franc-Comtois: fouré (Poisoux) Middle French: forest, fourestFrench: forêt Gallo: forée (Nantais), forést Lorrain: [Term?] (/⁠forɛ⁠/) (St-Maurice-sur-Moselle) Norman: forêt (Cotentinais, Jersiais), foiret (Brayon), fouorêt (Guernesiais) Picard: foreû (Athois) Poitevin-Saintongeais: fouras (Châtellerault), fourêt (Saintongeais) → Middle English: forest, fforest, foresteEnglish: forestScots: forest→ Welsh: fforest → Middle Irish: foraís Irish: foraois === References === “forest”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.