foresta

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See also: Foresta, forestå, and förestå

Italian

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Etymology

Derived from Early Medieval Latin foresta. Documented since the thirteenth century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /foˈrɛs.ta/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛsta
  • Hyphenation: fo‧rè‧sta

Noun

foresta f (plural foreste)

  1. forest
    Synonyms: bosco, selva

Derived terms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Maltese: foresta

See also

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
  1. ^ foresta”, in TLIO – Tesoro della lingua italiana delle origini

Anagrams

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
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative foresta forestae
genitive forestae forestārum
dative forestae forestīs
accusative forestam forestās
ablative forestā forestīs
vocative foresta forestae

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “forestis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 710

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian foresta.

Pronunciation

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

Derived from Early Medieval Latin foresta.

Pronunciation

Noun

foresta f (plural foreste)

  1. forest

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /foˈɾesta/
  • 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

Venetan

Adjective

foresta

  1. feminine singular of foresto