silvestre
See also: Silvestre
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin silvestrem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [silˈβɛs.tɾə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [silˈvɛs.tɾə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [silˈvɛs.tɾe]
- Hyphenation: sil‧ves‧tre
Adjective
silvestre m or f (masculine and feminine plural silvestres)
- wild, undomesticated
- (relational) forest
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “silvestre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “silvestre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “silvestre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “silvestre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /silˈvɛs.tre/
- Rhymes: -ɛstre
- Hyphenation: sil‧vè‧stre
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin silvestrem. Cf. salvastrella.
Alternative forms
- silvestro (archaic)
Adjective
silvestre m or f (plural silvestri)
- (relational) woodland
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
silvestre f pl
- feminine plural of silvestro
Latin
Adjective
silvestre
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of silvestris
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin silvestrem.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /siwˈvɛs.tɾi/ [siʊ̯ˈvɛs.tɾi]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /siwˈvɛʃ.tɾi/ [siʊ̯ˈvɛʃ.tɾi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /siwˈvɛs.tɾe/ [siʊ̯ˈvɛs.tɾe]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /silˈvɛʃ.tɾɨ/ [siɫˈvɛʃ.tɾɨ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /silˈbɛʃ.tɾɨ/ [siɫˈβɛʃ.tɾɨ]
- Hyphenation: sil‧ves‧tre
Adjective
silvestre m or f (plural silvestres, not comparable)
Related terms
Further reading
- “silvestre”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin silvestrem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /silˈbestɾe/ [silˈβ̞es.t̪ɾe]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -estɾe
- Syllabification: sil‧ves‧tre
Adjective
silvestre m or f (masculine and feminine plural silvestres)
- (especially of plants) wild (untamed; not domesticated)
- (of land) uncultivated
- Synonym: inculto
- rustic, rural
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “silvestre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024