forêt

See also: Foret, foret, föret, föret, and fôret

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

• forèt
• forè, fourè (Fribourgeois)
• foré (Valdôtain)

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin forestis.

Noun

forêt f (plural forêts)

1. forest

   Synonym: bouescs pl

References

• forêt in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 594: “forêt” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• forêt in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “forestis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 708

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French forest, from Old French forest, from Early Medieval Latin forestis (silva).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔ.ʁɛ/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: foret

Noun

forêt f (plural forêts)

1. forest

   Hyponyms: aciculisylve, forêt primaire, forêt secondaire, ripisylve

Derived terms

• feu de forêt
• forêt noire
• forêt primaire
• forêt secondaire
• forêt vierge

 

Related terms

• déforestation
• forestation
• forestier
• reforestation

 

See also

• arbre
• bois
• fruticée

 

Further reading

• “forêt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• forte

Norman

Alternative forms

• fouorêt (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French forest, from Early Medieval Latin forestis.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

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Noun

forêt f (plural forêts) (Jersey, France)

1. forest