silviculture

S1I1L1V4I1C3U1L1T1U1R1E1

noun

The care and development of forests in order to obtain a product or provide a benefit.

Similar
forestry
OriginEnglish culture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra →
UncommonScrabble 17
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounsilviculture (countable and uncountable, plural silvicultures)

plural silvicultures

  1. countableuncountableThe care and development of forests in order to obtain a product or provide a benefit.

    Wilderness is gone. Forest has succumbed to chemically sustained silviculture.

    2018, Richard Powers, The Overstory, Vintage (2019), page 598

    Synonyms: forestry

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe care and development of forests in order to obtain a product or provide a benefit.

Similar
forestry
Also see
forestry

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sel-der.?
  2. Latinsilva
  3. Englishsilva
  4. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  6. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  7. Latincolō
  8. Latincultūra
  9. Middle Frenchculture
  10. Englishculture
  11. Englishsilviculture

From silvi- + culture. From Latin silva (“forest”) + cultūra (“cultivation”).

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bulgarian лесовъдство
  • лесовъдство (lesovădstvo)forestry
Catalan silvicultura
  • silviculturaforestry
Chinese Mandarin 林學 /林学, 造林學 /造林学
  • 林學 /林学 (línxué)forestry
  • 造林學 /造林学 (zàolínxué)forestry
Dutch bosbouw
  • bosbouwforestry
Finnish metsänhoito, metsänhoitotiede
  • metsänhoitoforestry
  • metsänhoitotiedeforestry
French sylviculture
  • sylvicultureforestry
German Waldbau, Forstwissenschaft
  • Waldbauforestry
  • Forstwissenschaftforestry
Hindi वनवर्धन
  • वनवर्धन (vanvardhan)forestry
Hungarian erdészet
  • erdészetforestry
Irish cranneolaíocht, foraoiseolaíocht
  • cranneolaíochtforestry
  • foraoiseolaíochtforestry
Japanese 林学
  • 林学 (ringaku)forestry
Norwegian Bokmål skogbruk
  • skogbrukforestry
Polish leśnictwo, gospodarka leśna
  • leśnictwoforestry
  • gospodarka leśnaforestry
Portuguese silvicultura
  • silviculturaforestry
Romanian silvicultură
  • silviculturăforestry
Russian лесово́дство, лесни́чество
  • лесово́дство (lesovódstvo)forestry
  • лесни́чество (lesníčestvo)forestry
Spanish silvicultura
  • silviculturaforestry
Swedish skogsskötsel
  • skogsskötselforestry
Turkish ormancılık
  • ormancılıkforestry
Vietnamese lâm nghiệp
  • lâm nghiệpforestry
Cite this entry
APA

silviculture. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silviculture

MLA

“silviculture.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silviculture. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “silviculture,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silviculture.

Source: silviculture on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.