Meanings
nounprimeval forest (plural primeval forests)
plural primeval forests · alternative forest primeval · alternative primaeval forest
- A forest unaffected by humans, typically containing large live trees, large dead trees, and large logs.
Translations
Catalan selva verge
- selva vergelarge forest unaffected by humans
Chinese Mandarin 原始森林
- 原始森林 (yuánshǐ sēnlín)large forest unaffected by humans
Czech prales
- praleslarge forest unaffected by humans
Esperanto praarbaro
- praarbarolarge forest unaffected by humans
Finnish aarniometsä
- aarniometsälarge forest unaffected by humans
French forêt vierge, forêt primaire
- forêt viergelarge forest unaffected by humans
- forêt primairelarge forest unaffected by humans
German Urwald, Primärwald
- Urwaldlarge forest unaffected by humans
- Primärwaldlarge forest unaffected by humans
Hungarian őserdő
- őserdőlarge forest unaffected by humans
Irish foraois chianaosta
- foraois chianaostalarge forest unaffected by humans
Japanese 原生林
- 原生林 (genseirin)large forest unaffected by humans
Lithuanian giria
- girialarge forest unaffected by humans
Norwegian Bokmål urskog, urskau
- urskoglarge forest unaffected by humans
- urskaularge forest unaffected by humans
Polish puszcza
- puszczalarge forest unaffected by humans
Portuguese floresta primária, floresta virgem
- floresta primárialarge forest unaffected by humans
- floresta virgemlarge forest unaffected by humans
Russian девственный лес, коренной лес
- девственный лес (devstvennyj les)large forest unaffected by humans
- коренной лес (korennoj les)large forest unaffected by humans
- перви́чный лес (pervíčnyj les)large forest unaffected by humans
- первобы́тный лес (pervobýtnyj les)large forest unaffected by humans
- пу́ща (púšča)large forest unaffected by humans
Slovak prales
- praleslarge forest unaffected by humans
Spanish bosque primario, bosque primigenio
- bosque primariolarge forest unaffected by humans
- bosque primigeniolarge forest unaffected by humans
- bosque virgenlarge forest unaffected by humans
Swedish urskog
- urskoglarge forest unaffected by humans
Tagalog lubwagan
- lubwaganlarge forest unaffected by humans
Turkish bakir orman
- bakir ormanlarge forest unaffected by humans
Vietnamese rừng nguyên sinh
- rừng nguyên sinhlarge forest unaffected by humans
Welsh fforest gyntefig
- fforest gyntefiglarge forest unaffected by humans
Cite this entry
APA
primeval forest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primeval%20forest
MLA
“primeval forest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primeval%20forest. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “primeval forest,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/primeval%20forest.
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