noun
Meaning 1
The act of planting a forest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
forestation
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/
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noun
Meaning 2
The conversion of a habitat to forest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English forest 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 forestation From forest + -ation.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: залесяване (zalesjavane) — act of planting a forest
- Finnish: metsittäminen — act of planting a forest
- Finnish: metsänistutus — act of planting a forest
- German: Aufforstung — act of planting a forest
- Italian: forestazione — act of planting a forest
- Persian: جنگلسازی (jangal-sâzi) — act of planting a forest
- Persian: درختنشانی (daraxt-nešâni) — act of planting a forest
- Persian: نهالنشانی (nehâl-nešâni) — act of planting a forest
- Swahili: upandaji miti — act of planting a forest
- Swedish: förskogning — act of planting a forest
- Tagalog: sagubat — act of planting a forest
- Turkish: ağaçlandırma — act of planting a forest