forestal

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔː(ɹ)ˈstɔːl/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

forestal (third-person singular simple present forestals, present participle forestalling, simple past and past participle forestalled)

1. Obsolete spelling of forestall.

Etymology 2

From forest +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɒɹɪstəl/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɚɹəstəl/

Adjective

forestal (not comparable)

1. (uncommon) Relating to forestry (cultivating forests for harvest).

Anagrams

• refloats, forelast, forsteal, floaters, Lafortes, floe rats, Laforest

Catalan

Adjective

forestal m or f (masculine and feminine plural forestals)

1. (relational) forest

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foɾesˈtal/ [fo.ɾesˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: fo‧res‧tal

Adjective

forestal m or f (masculine and feminine plural forestales)

1. forest

Derived terms

• agroforestal
• forestalmente
• incendio forestal

 

Further reading

• “forestal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10