forestry

English

Etymology

From Old French foresterie, from forest.

Noun

forestry (countable and uncountable, plural forestries)

(uncountable) The science of planting and growing trees in forests.
(uncountable) The art and practice of planting and growing trees in forests.
(uncountable) The art and practice of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes.
(uncountable) Commercial tree farming.
(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

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