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)

1. wild, undomesticated
2. (relational) forest

Derived terms

• assilvestrat

Related terms

• Silvestre

Further reading

• “silvestre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “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): /silˈvɛ.stre/
• Rhymes: -ɛstre
• Hyphenation: sil‧vè‧stre

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin silvestrem. Cf. salvastrella.

Alternative forms

• silvestro (archaic)

Adjective

silvestre (plural silvestri)

1. (relational) woodland

Related terms

• selva
• salvastrella

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

silvestre f pl

1. feminine plural of silvestro

Latin

Adjective

silvestre

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of silvestris

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin silvestrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /siwˈvɛs.tɾi/ [siʊ̯ˈvɛs.tɾi]

• (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]

• (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)

1. (relational) woodland (which has grown in a woodland)

Related terms

• selva, silva

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]

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• Rhymes: -estɾe
• Syllabification: sil‧ves‧tre

Adjective

silvestre m or f (masculine and feminine plural silvestres)

1. (especially of plants) wild (untamed; not domesticated)

   Synonym: salvaje (especially of animals)

   Antonym: doméstico

2. (of land) uncultivated

   Synonym: inculto

3. rustic, rural

   Synonyms: rústico, rural

Derived terms

• angélica silvestre
• arándano silvestre
• asilvestrar
• cohombrillo silvestre
• lechuga silvestre
• manzana silvestre
• manzano silvestre
• maravilla silvestre
• reducidor silvestre
• resilvestrar
• silvestrismo
• tilo silvestre
• zanahoria silvestre

 

Related terms

• selva

 

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], 2024 December 10