foresta

See also: Foresta, forestå, and förestå

Italian

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin foresta. Documented since the thirteenth century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foˈrɛ.sta/

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• Rhymes: -ɛsta
• Hyphenation: fo‧rè‧sta

Noun

foresta f (plural foreste)

1. forest

   Synonyms: bosco, selva

Derived terms

• foresta pluviale (“rainforest”)
• forestale
• forestazione
• riforestazione

 

Derived terms

• forestiero

See also

• giungla

Descendants

• → Maltese: foresta

References

• foresta in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• foresta in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• foresta in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• foresta in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• forèsta in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• forèsta in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• foraste, fresato, sfaterò, sforate

Latin

Noun

foresta f (genitive forestae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)

1. Alternative form of forestis (documented from AD 778)

   Homines qui manent extra forestam non veniant decetero coram justiciariis nostris

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	foresta	forestae
Genitive	forestae	forestārum
Dative	forestae	forestīs
Accusative	forestam	forestās
Ablative	forestā	forestīs
Vocative	foresta	forestae

Descendants

• see: forestis

References

• foresta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian foresta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔˈrɛsta/

Noun

foresta f (plural foresti)

1. forest

   F’din il-foresta hemm ħafna siġar twal.

   In this forest there are a lot of tall trees.

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Early Medieval Latin foresta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fuˈresta/

Noun

foresta f (plural foreste)

1. forest

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foˈɾesta/ [foˈɾes.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -esta
• Syllabification: fo‧res‧ta

Etymology 1

Perhaps from forestar.

Noun

foresta f (plural forestas)

1. land populated with forest plants

Etymology 2

Verb

foresta

1. inflection of forestar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “foresta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Venetian

Adjective

foresta

1. feminine singular of foresto