sylvan

also sil·van (sĭl'vən)
adj.

1. Relating to or characteristic of woods or forest regions.
2. Located in or inhabiting a wood or forest.
3. Abounding in trees; wooded.

n.
One that lives in or frequents the woods.

[Medieval Latin sylvānus, from Latin Silvānus, god of the woods, from silva, forest.]

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is more common than silvan as the (chiefly poetic) word for 'wooded' or 'rural', despite its origin in the Latin word silva meaning 'wood'. It is nearly always used attributively

amid scenes of sylvan beauty—A. Wainwright, 1990

He sits in a sylvan grove—Art in America, 2002 [Old English (up to 1150)C].

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IN BRIEF: n. - A spirit that lives in or frequents the woods adj. - Relating to or characteristic of wooded regions.

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Emanating from or pertaining to woods. See also sylvatic.

For a list of words related to sylvan, see:

• Woods and Brush - sylvan: (adj) covered with woods or groves of trees

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See words rhyming with "sylvan."

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - skov-, skovrig
n. - skovgud, skovboer

Nederlands (Dutch)
bebost, betreffende het bos

Français (French)
adj. - sylvestre
n. - personne vivant dans les bois

Deutsch (German)
adj. - Wald-, bewaldet, ländlich
n. - Waldbewohner, Waldgeist

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - δασικός
n. - νεράιδα του δάσους

Italiano (Italian)
silvestre

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - silvestre
n. - silvano (m)

Русский (Russian)
сильван, природный теллур, лесной житель, леший, лесной царь, лесистый, лесной

Español (Spanish)
adj. - selvático, rústico, hecho de árboles o troncos
n. - rústico, leñador

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - skogig, skogs-
n. - skogsbo, skogsgud, skogsdjur, skogsande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
森林的, 生活在森林中的, 多树木的, 在森林中发现的, 森林之神, 有森林的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 森林的, 生活在森林中的, 多樹木的, 在森林中發現的
n. - 森林之神, 有森林的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 삼림의, 숲의, 나무의
n. - 숲의 정, 숲 속의 짐승

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 森林の, 樹木の, 牧歌的な
n. - 森の精, 森林に住む人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) حرجي , (الاسم) ساكن .... او الغابات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שבתוך היער, של יער, מיוער, כפרי‬
n. - ‮אדם המתגורר באיזור יערות, אלוהות יערות‬

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