rainforest

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪn.fɒɹ.ɪst/
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• General-American: /ˈɹeɪn.fɔɹ.ɪst/
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From rain + forest, a calque of German Regenwald.

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: غَابَة اِسْتِوَائِيَّة — type of forest
• Bulgarian: дъждовна гора (dǎždovna gora) — type of forest
• Catalan: selva pluvial — type of forest
• Chinese Mandarin: 雨林 (yǔlín) — type of forest
• Cornish: koswik law — type of forest
• Czech: deštný prales — type of forest
• Czech: deštný les — type of forest
• Danish: regnskov — type of forest
• Dutch: regenwoud — type of forest
• Esperanto: pluvarbaro — type of forest
• Estonian: vihmamets — type of forest
• Faroese: regnskógur — type of forest
• Finnish: sademetsä — type of forest
• French: pluvisylve — type of forest
• French: pluvisilve — type of forest
• French: forêt pluviale — type of forest
• French: forêt pluvieuse — type of forest
• French: forêt tropicale — type of forest
• Georgian: ჭარბტენიანი ტყე (č̣arbṭeniani ṭq̇e) — type of forest
• Georgian: ტროპიკული ტყე (ṭroṗiḳuli ṭq̇e) — type of forest
• German: Regenwald — type of forest
• Greek: τροπικό δάσος (tropikó dásos) — type of forest
• Greek: βροχοδάσος (vrochodásos) — type of forest
• Hebrew: יער גשם — type of forest
• Hindi: वर्षावन (varṣāvan) — type of forest
• Hungarian: esőerdő — type of forest
• Icelandic: regnskógur — type of forest
• Irish: foraois bháistí — type of forest
• Italian: foresta pluviale — type of forest
• Japanese: 雨林 (urin) — type of forest
• Japanese: 多雨林 (taurin) — type of forest
• Kannada: ಮಳೆಕಾಡು (maḷekāḍu) — type of forest
• Latvian: lietus mežs — type of forest
• Lithuanian: drėgnasis miškas — type of forest
• Macedonian: дождовна шума (doždovna šuma) — type of forest
• Malay: hutan hujan — type of forest
• Māori: ngahere pārūrū — type of forest
• Māori: ngāoreore — type of forest
• Mongolian: ширэнгэн ой (širengen oj) — type of forest
• Navajo: hodíłchʼil níłtsánígíí — type of forest
• Norwegian Bokmål: regnskog — type of forest
• Norwegian Bokmål: regnskau — type of forest
• Norwegian Nynorsk: regnskog — type of forest
• Persian: جنگل بارانی — type of forest
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: stik — type of forest
• Polish: las deszczowy — type of forest
• Portuguese: floresta tropical — type of forest
• Portuguese: floresta húmida — type of forest
• Portuguese: floresta ombrófila — type of forest
• Portuguese: floresta pluvial — type of forest
• Romanian: pădure tropicală — type of forest
• Russian: дождево́й лес (doždevój les) — type of forest
• Russian: се́льва (sélʹva) — type of forest
• Northern Sami: arvevuovdi — type of forest
• Scottish Gaelic: coille-uisge — type of forest
• Serbo-Croatian: pràšuma — type of forest
• Slovak: dažďový les — type of forest
• Slovene: deževni gozd — type of forest
• Spanish: bosque tropical — type of forest
• Spanish: bosque hidrofítico — type of forest
• Spanish: pluviselva — type of forest
• Spanish: foresta pluvial — type of forest
• Spanish: foresta pluviosa — type of forest
• Swedish: regnskog — type of forest
• Thai: ป่าฝน (bpàa-fǒn) — type of forest
• Thai: ป่าดิบชื้น (bpàa-dìp-chʉ́ʉn) — type of forest
• Turkish: yağmur ormanı — type of forest
• Ukrainian: дощовий ліс (doščovyj lis) — type of forest
• Vietnamese: rừng mưa — type of forest
• Welsh: fforest law — type of forest