adj
Meaning 1
Pertaining to the forest, or woodlands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
sylvan
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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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: sĭl'vən
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsɪl.vən/
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rhymes with -ɪlvən
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CMU ARPABET: S IH1 L V AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Residing in a forest or wood.
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adj
Meaning 3
Wooded, or covered in forest.
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name
Meaning 4
A surname.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 5
A place name:
A community in North Middlesex municipality, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 6
A place name:
A ghost town in Panther Creek Township, Cass County, Illinois, United States.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 7
A place name:
A township in Osceola County, Michigan, United States.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 8
A place name:
A township in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 9
A place name:
A township in Cass County, Minnesota, United States, named after Sylvan Lake.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 10
A place name:
A town and unincorporated community therein, in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 11
One who resides in the woods.
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noun
Meaning 12
A fabled deity of the wood; a faun, a satyr.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
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adjective satellite
Meaning 13
relating to or characteristic of wooded regions
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a shady sylvan glade
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Synonyms: silvan
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noun
Meaning 14
a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: silvan
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Broader terms: spirit, disembodied spirit
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin sylvanus, possibly via Middle French sylvain, from Latin silvanus, cognate with Latin Silvānus (“Roman god of the woods”), from silva (“forest”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”). The ⟨y⟩ in sylvanus and its descendants is due to influence from Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē, “wood, matter”), transliterated in the Latin style as hyle. Analysable as sylva (“silva”) + -an.
An altered form of French Sylvain, or borrowed from Swedish Sylvan.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: անտառային (antaṙayin) — pertaining to the forest, or woodlands
- Bulgarian: горски (gorski) — pertaining to the forest, or woodlands
- Czech: lesní — pertaining to the forest, or woodlands
- French: sylvain — pertaining to the forest, or woodlands
- French: sylvestre — pertaining to the forest, or woodlands
- Galician: silvestre — pertaining to the forest, or woodlands
- Irish: coillteach — pertaining to the forest, or woodlands
- Latin: nemorālis — pertaining to the forest, or woodlands
- Norwegian: skogkledt — pertaining to the forest, or woodlands
- Portuguese: silvestre — pertaining to the forest, or woodlands
- Russian: лесно́й (lesnój) — pertaining to the forest, or woodlands
- Spanish: selvático — pertaining to the forest, or woodlands
- Spanish: nemoroso — pertaining to the forest, or woodlands
- Turkish: ormanlık — pertaining to the forest, or woodlands
- Bulgarian: горски (gorski) — residing in a forest or wood
- Czech: lesní — residing in a forest or wood
- Bulgarian: горист (gorist) — wooded
- Czech: zalesněný — wooded
- French: sylvestre — wooded
- Irish: coillteach — wooded
- Irish: crannach — wooded
- Irish: crannmhar — wooded
- Spanish: silvano — wooded
- Spanish: silvestre — wooded
- Spanish: selvático — wooded
- Spanish: silvático — wooded