forestry

English

Etymology

From Middle English *forestrie, *forsterie (suggested by Middle English forster, forester (“forester”)), from Old French foresterie, from forest.

Pronunciation

• enPR: fŏrʹ-ĭst-rē, IPA^(key): /ˈfɒɹ.ɪst.ɹi/
  • (US) /ˈfɔɹ.ɪst.ɹi/
  • (UK) /ˈfɒɹ.ɪst.ɹi/

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• (NYC) IPA^(key): /ˈfɑɹ.ɪst.ɹi/
• Hyphenation: for‧est‧ry
• Rhymes: -ɒɹɪstɹi

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.
6. (countable) A forest-covered area.

Synonyms

• silviculture, sylviculture

Derived terms

• agroforestry
• mycoforestry
• forestry machine

Translations

science of planting and growing trees

• Bulgarian: лесовъдство n (lesovǎdstvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 林業／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)
• Kyrgyz: ормончулук (ormonculuk), токойчулук (tokoyculuk)
• 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)
• Ukrainian: лісівни́цтво n (lisivnýctvo), лісозна́вство n (lisoznávstvo)
• 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
• 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)
• Ukrainian: лісівни́цтво n (lisivnýctvo)
• 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 m
• Finnish: metsätalous (fi)
• German: Forstwirtschaft (de) f
• Irish: foraoiseacht f, foraoiseolaíocht f, cranneolaíocht f
• Portuguese: engenharia florestal f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Scottish Gaelic: coilltearachd f
• Spanish: ingeniería forestal f
• Swedish: skogsbruk (sv) n
• Turkish: ormancılık (tr)
• Ukrainian: лісівни́цтво n (lisivnýctvo)
• 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
• Portuguese: silvicultura (pt) f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Scottish Gaelic: coilltearachd f
• Swedish: skogsbruk (sv) n
• Turkish: ormancılık (tr)
• Ukrainian: лісівни́цтво n (lisivnýctvo)

tree farm — see tree farm

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} administration forestière f