forestry

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French foresterie, from forest.

Noun

forestry (countable and uncountable, plural forestries)

1. (uncountable) The science of planting and growing trees in forests.
2. (uncountable) The art and practice of planting and growing trees in forests.
3. (uncountable) The art and practice of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes.
4. (uncountable) Commercial tree farming.
5. (countable) A tree farm.

Synonyms

• silviculture, sylviculture

Translations

science of planting and growing trees

• Bulgarian: лесовъдство n (lesovǎdstvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 林業／林业 (zh) (línyè), 林业 (zh) (línyè)

• Czech: lesnictví n
• Dutch: bosbouwkunde m
• Finnish: metsätiede (fi)
• French: sylviculture (fr) f
• German: Forstwirtschaft (de) f
• Irish: foraoiseolaíocht, foraoiseacht f, cranneolaíocht f
• Japanese: 林業 (ja) (りんぎょう, ringyō)
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• Polish: leśnictwo (pl) n
• Portuguese: silvicultura (pt) f
• Russian: лесни́чество (ru) n (lesníčestvo), лесово́дство (ru) n (lesovódstvo), лесове́дение (ru) n (lesovédenije)
• Scottish Gaelic: coilltearachd f
• Slovene: gozdarstvo (sl) n
• Spanish: silvicultura (es) f
• Swedish: skogsvetenskap (sv) c (Sweden), forstvetenskap (sv) c (Finland)
• Tagalog: palagubatan
• Turkish: ormancılık (tr)
• Vietnamese: lâm nghiệp (vi)

art and practice of planting and growing trees

• Afrikaans: bosbedryf
• Bulgarian: залесяване n (zalesjavane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: bosbouw (nl) m, bosbedrijf (nl) n
• Finnish: metsänhoito (fi)
• German: Forstwirtschaft (de) f
• Irish: foraoiseacht f, foraoiseolaíocht f, cranneolaíocht f
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• Portuguese: silvicultura (pt) f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Scottish Gaelic: coilltearachd f
• Spanish: silvicultura (es) f
• Swedish: skogsbruk (sv) n
• Tagalog: palagubatan
• Turkish: ormancılık (tr)
• Vietnamese: lâm nghiệp (vi)

art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: commerciële bosbouw (nl) m
• Finnish: metsätalous (fi)
• German: Forstwirtschaft (de) f
• Irish: foraoiseacht f, foraoiseolaíocht f, cranneolaíocht f
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• Portuguese: engenharia florestal f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Scottish Gaelic: coilltearachd f
• Swedish: skogsbruk (sv) n
• Turkish: ormancılık (tr)
• Vietnamese: lâm nghiệp (vi)

tree farming

• Bulgarian: лесовъдство n (lesovǎdstvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: bomenteelt m
• Finnish: puunviljely, metsätaloustiede
• Irish: foraoiseacht f, foraoiseolaíocht f, cranneolaíocht f
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• Portuguese: silvicultura (pt) f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Scottish Gaelic: coilltearachd f
• Swedish: skogsbruk (sv) n
• Turkish: ormancılık (tr)

tree farm — see tree farm

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Translations to be checked

• French: administration forestière f
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