sylvan

English

Alternative forms

• silvan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin sylvanus, from Latin Silvanus (“god of the woods”), from silva (“forest”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭl'vən, IPA: /ˈsɪlvən/, X-SAMPA: /"sIlv@n/

Adjective

sylvan (comparative more sylvan, superlative most sylvan)

1. pertaining to the forest, or woodlands
   • De Quincey

     The traditional memory of a rural and a sylvan region […] is usually exact as well as tenacious.

2. residing in a forest or wood
3. wooded, or covered in forest

Synonyms

• (of or like a forest): foresty

Translations

pertaining to the forest

• French: sylvain (fr), sylvestre (fr) m and f
• Irish: coillteach (ga)

• Latin: nemorālis (la) m and f
• Spanish: silvestre (es), selvático (es), silvático (es)

living in a forest

wooded

• French: sylvestre (fr) m and f
• Irish: coillteach (ga)

• Spanish: silvestre (es), selvático (es), silvático (es)

See also

• arboreal
• nemorous

Noun

sylvan (plural sylvans)

1. One who resides in the woods.
2. A fabled deity of the wood; a satyr; a faun.
   • Alexander Pope

     Her private orchards, walled on every side, / To lawless sylvans all access denied.

Related terms

• Silvanus
• silvicolous
• silviculture
• sylva
• sylvatic
• Transylvania

Translations

Translations

• Spanish: silvano (es)

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• Bulgarian: горски m & pl (1), горист m (2)

• Spanish: nemoroso