selva

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Portuguese selva, from Latin silva. Doublet of silva. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsɛlvə/ === Noun === selva (plural selvas) Heavily forested ground in the Amazon basin. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === avels, evals, Laves, Elvas, Veals, 'alves, slave, Slavé, Alves, salve, Levas, laves, vales, veals, valse, Slave == Aragonese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Navarro-Aragonese selva, from Latin silva, from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”). Compare Catalan selva, Spanish selva. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈselba/ Syllabification: sel‧va Rhymes: -elba === Noun === selva f forest Synonym: bosque jungle, rainforest ==== Hypernyms ==== bosque ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== salvache selvatico === References === Diccionario ortografico de l'aragonés (Seguntes la PO de l'EFA) == Asturian == === Etymology === From Latin silva. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈselba/ [ˈsel.β̞a] Rhymes: -elba Syllabification: sel‧va === Noun === selva f (plural selves) rainforest === See also === xungla == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Catalan selva, from Latin silva, from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”). Compare Occitan selva, Spanish selva. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ˈse̞l.βə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈsəl.və] IPA(key): (Central) [ˈsɛl.βə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈsel.va] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [ˈsel.βa] === Noun === selva f (plural selves) jungle, rainforest ==== Hypernyms ==== bosc ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== salvatge selvatà selvàtic selvatgí === References === “selva”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “selva”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin silva, from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈsel.va/, /ˈsɛl.va/ Rhymes: -elva, -ɛlva Hyphenation: sél‧va, sèl‧va === Noun === selva f (plural selve) forest, wood (by extension, poetic) wood (material), woodland 1374, Francesco Petrarca, Il Canzoniere, Andrea Bettini (1858), p.188, Capitolo XIII: (figurative) mass, multitude, forest ==== Synonyms ==== bosco foresta ==== Derived terms ==== selvicoltore selvicultore ==== Related terms ==== === References === === Anagrams === salve, slave, svela, valse == Latvian == === Noun === selva f (4th declension) selva ==== Declension ==== == Old Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin silva. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈselβa/ === Noun === selva f (plural selvas) forest ==== Descendants ==== === References === == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin silva, from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”). Compare the doublet silva. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: sel‧va === Noun === selva f (plural selvas) jungle woods, forest Synonyms: floresta; see also Thesaurus:floresta (figuratively) mass, multitude, forest ==== Quotations ==== 1844: O apertado revolver das armas formava uma selva de ferros em volta dos dois capitães inimigos, através da qual debalde o conde de Septum buscara multas vezes abrir caminho para ferir Teodomiro, até que finalmente, galgando por cima de um árabe derribado, pudera vibrar um golpe. — Alexandre Herculano, "Eurico, o Presbítero". ==== Derived terms ==== selvagem selvageria silvestre silvícola silvicultura ==== Descendants ==== → English: selva → Russian: се́льва (sélʹva) === Further reading === “selva”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “selva”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Spanish selva, from Latin silva, from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈselba/ [ˈsel.β̞a] Rhymes: -elba Syllabification: sel‧va === Noun === selva f (plural selvas) jungle Synonym: jungla selva tropical ― tropical rainforest forest Synonym: bosque ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== See also ==== === References === === Further reading === “selva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 === Anagrams === laves, levas, salve, vales, valse, velas