selva
English
Etymology
Borrowed from PortugueseCategory:English terms borrowed from Portuguese#SELVACategory:English terms derived from Portuguese#SELVA selva, from LatinCategory:English terms derived from Latin#SELVA silva. Doublet of silvaCategory:English doublets#SELVA.
Pronunciation
Noun
selva (plural selvas)Category:English lemmas#SELVACategory:English nouns#SELVACategory:English countable nouns#SELVACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SELVACategory:Pages with entries#SELVACategory:Pages with 9 entries#SELVA
Translations
Anagrams
Aragonese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Navarro-AragoneseCategory:Aragonese terms inherited from Old Navarro-Aragonese#SELVACategory:Aragonese terms derived from Old Navarro-Aragonese#SELVA selva, from LatinCategory:Aragonese terms inherited from Latin#SELVACategory:Aragonese terms derived from Latin#SELVA silva, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Aragonese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SELVA *sel-, *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”). Compare Catalan selva, Spanish selva.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈselba/Category:Aragonese terms with IPA pronunciation#SELVA
- Syllabification: sel‧va
- Rhymes: -elbaCategory:Rhymes:Aragonese/elba#SELVACategory:Rhymes:Aragonese/elba/2 syllables#SELVA
Noun
selva fCategory:Aragonese lemmas#SELVACategory:Aragonese nouns#SELVACategory:Aragonese entries with incorrect language header#SELVACategory:Aragonese feminine nouns#SELVACategory:Pages with entries#SELVACategory:Pages with 9 entries#SELVA
- forest
- Synonym: bosque
- jungle, rainforest
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References
Asturian
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Asturian terms inherited from Latin#SELVACategory:Asturian terms derived from Latin#SELVA silva.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈselba/ [ˈsel.β̞a]Category:Asturian terms with IPA pronunciation#SELVA
- Rhymes: -elbaCategory:Rhymes:Asturian/elba#SELVACategory:Rhymes:Asturian/elba/2 syllables#SELVA
- Syllabification: sel‧va
Noun
selva f (plural selves)Category:Asturian lemmas#SELVACategory:Asturian nouns#SELVACategory:Asturian entries with incorrect language header#SELVACategory:Asturian feminine nouns#SELVACategory:Pages with entries#SELVACategory:Pages with 9 entries#SELVA
See also
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old CatalanCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Old Catalan#SELVACategory:Catalan terms derived from Old Catalan#SELVA selva, from LatinCategory:Catalan terms inherited from Latin#SELVACategory:Catalan terms derived from Latin#SELVA silva, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Catalan terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SELVA *sel-, *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”). Compare Occitan selva, Spanish selva.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ˈsɛl.βə]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#SELVA
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈsəl.və]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#SELVA
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈsel.va]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#SELVA
Category:Catalan terms with audio pronunciation#SELVAAudio (Barcelona): (file)
Noun
selva f (plural selves)Category:Catalan lemmas#SELVACategory:Catalan nouns#SELVACategory:Catalan countable nouns#SELVACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#SELVACategory:Catalan feminine nouns#SELVACategory:Pages with entries#SELVACategory:Pages with 9 entries#SELVA
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- “selva”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “selva”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
Italian
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Italian terms inherited from Latin#SELVACategory:Italian terms derived from Latin#SELVA silva, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Italian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SELVA *sel-, *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsel.va/, /ˈsɛl.va/[1]Category:Italian 2-syllable words#SELVACategory:Italian 2-syllable words#SELVACategory:Italian terms with IPA pronunciation#SELVA
- Rhymes: -elva, -ɛlvaCategory:Rhymes:Italian/elva#SELVACategory:Rhymes:Italian/elva/2 syllables#SELVACategory:Rhymes:Italian/ɛlva#SELVACategory:Rhymes:Italian/ɛlva/2 syllables#SELVA
- Hyphenation: sél‧va, sèl‧va
Noun
selva f (plural selve)Category:Italian lemmas#SELVACategory:Italian nouns#SELVACategory:Italian countable nouns#SELVACategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#SELVACategory:Italian feminine nouns#SELVACategory:Pages with entries#SELVACategory:Pages with 9 entries#SELVA
- forest, wood
- 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto I”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 1–3; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:
- (by extension, poeticCategory:Italian poetic terms#SELVA) wood (material), woodland
- 1374, Francesco Petrarca, Il Canzoniere, Andrea Bettini (1858), p.188, Capitolo XIII:
- [...] e non si trasformasse in verde selva,
per uscirmi di braccia come il giorno
che Apollo la seguia quaggiù per terra.- [...] and may she not be changed to green woodland,
issuing from my arms, as on the day
when Apollo pursued her down here on earth.
- [...] and may she not be changed to green woodland,
- 1374, Francesco Petrarca, Il Canzoniere, Andrea Bettini (1858), p.188, Capitolo XIII:
- (figurative) mass, multitude, forest
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto IV, p. 57, vv. 64-66:
- Non lasciavam l'andar perch'ei dicessi,Category:Italian terms with quotations#SELVA
ma passavam la selva tuttavia,
la selva, dico, di spiriti spessi.- We ceased not to advance because he spake,
but still were passing onward through the forest,
the forest, say I, of thick-crowded ghosts.
- We ceased not to advance because he spake,
Synonyms
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References
- ↑ selva in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Anagrams
Latvian
Noun
selva f (4th declension)Category:Latvian lemmas#SELVACategory:Latvian nouns#SELVACategory:Latvian entries with incorrect language header#SELVACategory:Latvian feminine nouns#SELVACategory:Pages with entries#SELVACategory:Pages with 9 entries#SELVA
Declension
Old Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from LatinCategory:Old Spanish terms inherited from Latin#SELVACategory:Old Spanish terms derived from Latin#SELVA silva.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
selva fCategory:Old Spanish lemmas#SELVACategory:Old Spanish nouns#SELVACategory:Old Spanish entries with incorrect language header#SELVACategory:Old Spanish feminine nouns#SELVACategory:Pages with entries#SELVACategory:Pages with 9 entries#SELVA (plural selvas)Category:osp-noun needing attention
Descendants
References
- ↑ Coromines, Joan (1961), “selva”, in Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 529
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-PortugueseCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese#SELVACategory:Portuguese terms derived from Old Galician-Portuguese#SELVA, from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Latin#SELVACategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#SELVA silva, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SELVA *sel-, *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”). Compare the doublet silvaCategory:Portuguese doublets#SELVA.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: sel‧va
Category:Portuguese terms with audio pronunciation#SELVAAudio (Brazil (Caipira)): (file)
Noun
selva f (plural selvas)Category:Portuguese lemmas#SELVACategory:Portuguese nouns#SELVACategory:Portuguese countable nouns#SELVACategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#SELVACategory:Portuguese feminine nouns#SELVACategory:Pages with entries#SELVACategory:Pages with 9 entries#SELVA
- jungle
- O leão é o rei da selva.
- The lion is the king of the jungle.
- woods, forest
- Synonyms: floresta; see also Thesaurus:floresta
- (figuratively) mass, multitude, forest
Quotations
- 1844: O apertado revolver das armas formava uma selva de ferros em volta dos dois capitães inimigos, através da qual debalde o conde de Septum buscara multas vezes abrir caminho para ferir Teodomiro, até que finalmente, galgando por cima de um árabe derribado, pudera vibrar um golpe. — Alexandre Herculano, "Eurico, o Presbítero".
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “selva”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “selva”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old SpanishCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish#SELVACategory:Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish#SELVA selva, from LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Latin#SELVACategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#SELVA silva,[1] from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SELVA *sel-, *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈselba/ [ˈsel.β̞a]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#SELVACategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#SELVA
Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#SELVAAudio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -elbaCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/elba#SELVACategory:Rhymes:Spanish/elba/2 syllables#SELVA
- Syllabification: sel‧va
Noun
selva f (plural selvas)Category:Spanish lemmas#SELVACategory:Spanish nouns#SELVACategory:Spanish countable nouns#SELVACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#SELVACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#SELVACategory:Pages with entries#SELVACategory:Pages with 9 entries#SELVA
- jungle
- Synonym: jungla
- selva tropical ― tropical rainforestCategory:Spanish terms with collocations#SELVA
- forest
- Synonym: bosque
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Russian: се́льва (sélʹva)
See also
References
- ↑ Coromines, Joan (1961), “selva”, in Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 529
Further reading
- “selva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025