forestry

forestry

English

Etymology

From Old French foresterie, from forest.

Noun

forestry (countable and uncountable, plural forestries)

1. (uncountable) The science of planting and growing trees in forests.
2. (uncountable) The art and practice of planting and growing trees in forests.
3. (uncountable) The art and practice of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes.
4. (uncountable) Commercial tree farming.
5. (countable) A tree farm.

Synonyms

• silviculture, sylviculture

Translations

science of planting and growing trees

Bulgarian: лесовъдство n (lesovǎdstvo) Chinese: Mandarin: 林業 (zh), 林业 (zh) (línyè) Czech: lesnictví n Dutch: bosbouwkunde m Finnish: metsätiede (fi) French: sylviculture (fr) f German: Forstwirtschaft (de) f Irish: foraoiseolaíocht, foraoiseacht f, cranneolaíocht f Japanese: 林業 (ja) (りんぎょう, ringyō)

Portuguese: silvicultura (pt) f Russian: лесни́чество (ru) n (lesníčestvo), лесово́дство (ru) n (lesovódstvo), лесове́дение (ru) n (lesovédenije) Scottish Gaelic: coilltearachd f Slovene: gozdarstvo (sl) n Spanish: silvicultura (es) f Swedish: skogsvetenskap (sv) c (Sweden), forstvetenskap (sv) c (Finland) Tagalog: palagubatan Turkish: ormancılık (tr) Vietnamese: lâm nghiệp (vi)

art and practice of planting and growing trees

Afrikaans: bosbedryf Bulgarian: залесяване n (zalesjavane) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Dutch: bosbouw (nl) m, bosbedrijf (nl) n Finnish: metsänhoito (fi) German: Forstwirtschaft (de) f Irish: foraoiseacht f, foraoiseolaíocht f, cranneolaíocht f

Portuguese: silvicultura (pt) f Russian: please add this translation if you can Scottish Gaelic: coilltearachd f Spanish: silvicultura (es) f Swedish: skogsbruk (sv) n Tagalog: palagubatan Turkish: ormancılık (tr) Vietnamese: lâm nghiệp (vi)

art of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Dutch: commerciële bosbouw (nl) m Finnish: metsätalous (fi) German: Forstwirtschaft (de) f Irish: foraoiseacht f, foraoiseolaíocht f, cranneolaíocht f

Portuguese: engenharia florestal f Russian: please add this translation if you can Scottish Gaelic: coilltearachd f Swedish: skogsbruk (sv) n Turkish: ormancılık (tr) Vietnamese: lâm nghiệp (vi)

tree farming

Bulgarian: лесовъдство n (lesovǎdstvo) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Dutch: bomenteelt m Finnish: puunviljely, metsätaloustiede Irish: foraoiseacht f, foraoiseolaíocht f, cranneolaíocht f

Portuguese: silvicultura (pt) f Russian: please add this translation if you can Scottish Gaelic: coilltearachd f Swedish: skogsbruk (sv) n Turkish: ormancılık (tr)

tree farm — see tree farm

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Translations to be checked

French: administration forestière f