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silvopasture

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɪlvəpɑːst͡ʃə/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-pæs-/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈsɪlvəˌpæst͡ʃəɹ/
  • General-American: /ˌpæʃ-/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A forested or wooded area where domesticated animals are allowed to graze.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Topics: agriculture, business, forestry, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The practice of allowing domesticated animals to graze in forested or wooded areas.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: agriculture, business, forestry, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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