forestal
/ˈfɔɚɹəstəl/adjective
forestal is an adjective meaning “Relating to forestry (cultivating forests for harvest)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-O-R-E-S-T-A-L, and it appears about once in every 30 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does forestal mean?
adjective
- 1
Relating to forestry (cultivating forests for harvest).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce forestal?
- UK /ˈfɒɹɪstəl/
- US /ˈfɔɚɹəstəl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-forestal2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is forestal?
Forestal appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does forestal come from?
From forest + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).