deforestation

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• UK: /dɪˌfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/
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• UK: /ˌdiːfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English forest English deforest Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English deforestation From deforest + -ation. First attested in 1870.

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Belarusian: абязле́сенне (abjazljésjennje) — process of destroying a forest
• Catalan: desforestació — process of destroying a forest
• Catalan: desboscament — process of destroying a forest
• Danish: afskovning — process of destroying a forest
• Dutch: ontbossing — process of destroying a forest
• Esperanto: senarbarigo — process of destroying a forest
• Finnish: metsän hävittäminen — process of destroying a forest
• French: déforestation — process of destroying a forest
• French: déboisement — process of destroying a forest
• Galician: deforestación — process of destroying a forest
• Georgian: გაუტყევება (gauṭq̇eveba) — process of destroying a forest
• German: Abholzung — process of destroying a forest
• German: Entwaldung — process of destroying a forest
• German: Kahlschlag — process of destroying a forest
• Greek: αποψίλωση (apopsílosi) — process of destroying a forest
• Hungarian: erdőirtás — process of destroying a forest
• Indonesian: pengawahutanan — process of destroying a forest
• Indonesian: deforestasi — process of destroying a forest
• Italian: deforestazione — process of destroying a forest
• Javanese: déforestasi — process of destroying a forest
• Khmer: ការកាប់បំផ្លាញព្រៃឈើ (kaakapbɑmphlaañprɨychəə) — process of destroying a forest
• Korean: 산림 파괴 (sallim pagoe) — process of destroying a forest
• Macedonian: обесшумување (obesšumuvanje) — process of destroying a forest
• Macedonian: голосек (golosek) — process of destroying a forest
• Malay: penyahhutanan — process of destroying a forest
• Māori: whakarakenga — process of destroying a forest
• Norwegian Bokmål: avskoging — process of destroying a forest
• Norwegian Nynorsk: avskoging — process of destroying a forest
• Occitan: desforestacion — process of destroying a forest
• Polish: wylesianie — process of destroying a forest
• Portuguese: desmatamento — process of destroying a forest
• Portuguese: desflorestamento — process of destroying a forest
• Romanian: despădurire — process of destroying a forest
• Russian: обезле́сение (obezlésenije) — process of destroying a forest
• Russian: вы́рубка ле́са (výrubka lésa) — process of destroying a forest
• Serbo-Croatian: deforestacija — process of destroying a forest
• Serbo-Croatian: rašumljavanje — process of destroying a forest
• Spanish: desmontadura — process of destroying a forest
• Spanish: deforestación — process of destroying a forest
• Spanish: desmonte — process of destroying a forest
• Swedish: skogsskövling — process of destroying a forest
• Swedish: avskogning — process of destroying a forest
• Tagalog: higubat — process of destroying a forest
• Turkish: ormansızlaştırma — process of destroying a forest
• Vietnamese: phá rừng — process of destroying a forest
• Yoruba: ìpagbórun — process of destroying a forest