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primeval forest

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A forest unaffected by humans, typically containing large live trees, large dead trees, and large logs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: selva verge — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Chinese Mandarin: 原始森林 (yuánshǐ sēnlín) — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Czech: prales — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Esperanto: praarbaro — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Finnish: aarniometsä — large forest unaffected by humans
  • French: forêt vierge — large forest unaffected by humans
  • French: forêt primaire — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Georgian: პირველყოფილი ტყე (ṗirvelq̇opili ṭq̇e) — large forest unaffected by humans
  • German: Urwald — large forest unaffected by humans
  • German: Primärwald — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Hungarian: őserdő — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Irish: foraois chianaosta — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Japanese: 原生林 (genseirin) — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Lithuanian: giria — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Manx: bun-cheyll — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Norwegian Bokmål: urskog — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Norwegian Bokmål: urskau — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: urskog — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Polish: puszcza — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Portuguese: floresta primária — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Portuguese: floresta virgem — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Russian: девственный лес (devstvennyj les) — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Russian: коренной лес (korennoj les) — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Russian: перви́чный лес (pervíčnyj les) — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Russian: первобы́тный лес (pervobýtnyj les) — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Russian: пу́ща (púšča) — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Slovak: prales — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Spanish: bosque primario — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Spanish: bosque primigenio — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Spanish: bosque virgen — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Swedish: urskog — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Tagalog: lubwagan — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Turkish: bakir orman — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Vietnamese: rừng nguyên sinh — large forest unaffected by humans
  • Welsh: fforest gyntefig — large forest unaffected by humans