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French
Pronunciation
Adjective
sylvain (feminine sylvaine, masculine plural sylvains, feminine plural sylvaines)
- (literary) that lives in the forest, sylvan
- of or from Forest-l'Abbaye
Noun
sylvain m (plural sylvains)
- Any of a number of butterflies, especially some species of admiral
- (Roman mythology) a minor deity of forest, a sylvan
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