sylve
French, noun/silv/
sylve is spelled S-Y-L-V-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written French, the 129,327th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sylve is a French feminine noun meaning “forest; woods” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Forêt”.
What does sylve mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineforest; woods
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Forêt. 2. Forêt équatoriale et humide. 3. Recueil, d’œuvres poétiques, principalement de la littérature latine, et sans rapport entre elles.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sylve
- sylves plural
- silve
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sylve?
- /silv/
- \silv\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sylve
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sylve in French?
sylve appears about once in every 16 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).