noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈsɪlvəpɑːst͡ʃə/
Received-Pronunciation:/-pæs-/
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General-American:/ˈsɪlvəˌpæst͡ʃəɹ/
General-American:/ˌpæʃ-/
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noun
Meaning 1
A forested or wooded area where domesticated animals are allowed to graze.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sel-der.? Latin silvalbor. English silvo- Proto-Indo-European *peh2- Proto-Indo-European *péh2sti Proto-Italic *pāskōr Latin pāscor Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh2? Latin -tūra Latin pastūra Anglo-Norman pastourbor. Middle English pasture English pasture English silvopasture From silvo- (prefix meaning ‘forest; wood’) + pasture (noun). Silvo- is a learned borrowing from Latin silva (“forest, wood; grove, orchard”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- (“beam; board; firewood, wood”).
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
го́рско па́сище
(górsko pásište)
— forested or wooded area where domesticated animals are allowed to graze
Chinese Mandarin:
森林牧場 /森林牧场
(sēnlínmùchǎng, sēnlínmùcháng)
— forested or wooded area where domesticated animals are allowed to graze
Finnish:
metsälaidun
— forested or wooded area where domesticated animals are allowed to graze
German:
Hudewald
— forested or wooded area where domesticated animals are allowed to graze
German:
Hutewald
— forested or wooded area where domesticated animals are allowed to graze
Polish:
las pastwiskowy
— forested or wooded area where domesticated animals are allowed to graze
Spanish:
silvopastoril
— forested or wooded area where domesticated animals are allowed to graze
Catalan:
silvopastura
— practice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
Czech:
lesní pastva
— practice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
Finnish:
metsälaidunnus
— practice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
Finnish:
metsälaiduntaminen
— practice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
French:
sylvopastoralisme
— practice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
Igbo:
silvopasture
— practice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
Indonesian:
silvopastura
— practice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
Indonesian:
wanatêrnak
— practice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
Italian:
silvopastorizia
— practice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
Persian:
جنگل مرتعی
— practice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
Polish:
wypas leśny
— practice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
Portuguese:
sistema silvipastoril
— practice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
Spanish:
sistemas silvopastoriles
— practice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
Swedish:
skogsbete
— practice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
Tamil:
மேய்ச்சற்காடு
(mēyccaṟkāṭu)
— practice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
Ukrainian:
лісопасовище
(lisopasovyšče)
— practice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas
Vietnamese:
chăn nuôi dưới tán rừng
— practice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas