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foresta

See also: Foresta, forestå, and förestå

Italian

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Etymology

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From Early Medieval Latin foresta. Documented since the thirteenth century.[1]

Pronunciation

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

Nomen

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foresta f (plural foreste)

  1. forest
    Synonyms: bosco, selva

Derived terms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Maltese: foresta

See also

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References

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  • 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

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Latin

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Nomen

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

  1. Alternative form of forestis (documented from AD 778)[1]
    Homines qui manent extra forestam non veniant decetero coram justiciariis nostris
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Declension

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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

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References

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

Maltese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian foresta.

Pronunciation

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Nomen

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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

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Etymology

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From Early Medieval Latin foresta.

Pronunciation

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Nomen

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foresta f (plural foreste)

  1. forest

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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Perhaps from forestar.

Nomen

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foresta f (plural forestas)

  1. land populated with forest plants

Etymology 2

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Verb

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foresta

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

Further reading

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Venetian

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Adjective

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foresta

  1. feminine singular of foresto
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