forêt

• forèt
• forè, fourè (Fribourgeois)
• foré (Valdôtain)

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin forestis.

forêt f (plural forêts)

1. forest

   Synonym: bouescs pl

• forêt in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 594: “forêt” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• forêt in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “forestis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 708

Inherited from Middle French forest, from Old French forest, from Early Medieval Latin forestis (silva).

• (Paris) IPA^(key): /fɔ.ʁɛ/, /fo.ʁɛ/

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• (Mainly Southern France) IPA^(key): /fɔ.ʁe/
• (Meridional) IPA^(key): /fo.ʁe/

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• Homophone: foret

forêt f (plural forêts)

1. forest

   Hyponyms: aciculisylve, forêt primaire, forêt secondaire, ripisylve

• “forêt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• forte

• fouorêt (Guernsey)

From Old French forest, from Early Medieval Latin forestis.

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forêt f (plural forêts) (Jersey, continental)

1. forest