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forestry

forestry

English

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
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:
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:
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:
Dutch: commerciële bosbouw (nl) m
Finnish: metsätalous (fi)
German: Forstwirtschaft (de) f
Irish: foraoiseacht f, foraoiseolaíocht f, cranneolaíocht f

Portuguese: engenharia florestal f
Russian:
Scottish Gaelic: coilltearachd f
Swedish: skogsbruk (sv) n
Turkish: ormancılık (tr)
Vietnamese: lâm nghiệp (vi)

tree farming

Bulgarian: лесовъдство n ‎(lesovǎdstvo)
Chinese:
Mandarin:
Dutch: bomenteelt m
Finnish: puunviljely, metsätaloustiede

Irish: foraoiseacht f, foraoiseolaíocht f, cranneolaíocht f
Portuguese: silvicultura (pt) f
Russian:
Scottish Gaelic: coilltearachd f
Turkish: ormancılık (tr)

tree farm — see tree farm