Meanings
plural virgin forests
- countableuncountableA forest which has not been subjected to human ecological disturbance.
These developments, most of which have taken place during the past 30 years, are remarkable in view of the low traffic density, except in the neighbourhood of Oslo, and the very extensive undeveloped areas of mountain and virgin forest.
1952 January, “Electrification Progress in Norway”, in Railway Magazine, page 54
Synonyms & antonyms
nounforest or woodland having a mature or overly mature ecosystem more or less uninfluenced by human activity
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 處女林 /处女林, 原始森林
- 處女林 /处女林 (chǔnǚlín)forest free from disturbance
- 原始森林 (yuánshǐ sēnlín)forest free from disturbance
Esperanto praarbaro
- praarbaroforest free from disturbance
Finnish neitseellinen metsä
- neitseellinen metsäforest free from disturbance
French forêt vierge
- forêt viergeforest free from disturbance
German Urwald
- Urwaldforest free from disturbance
Hungarian őserdő
- őserdőforest free from disturbance
Italian foresta vergine
- foresta vergineforest free from disturbance
Japanese 原生林, 原始林
- 原生林 (genseirin)forest free from disturbance
- 原始林 (genshirin)forest free from disturbance
- 処女林 (shojorin)forest free from disturbance
Korean 원시림
- 원시림 (wonsirim)forest free from disturbance
Persian جنگل بکر
- جنگل بکر (jangal-e bekr)forest free from disturbance
Polish las dziewiczy
- las dziewiczyforest free from disturbance
Portuguese floresta virgem, mata virgem
- floresta virgemforest free from disturbance
- mata virgemforest free from disturbance
Russian де́вственный лес
- де́вственный лес (dévstvennyj les)forest free from disturbance
Spanish selva virgen
- selva virgenforest free from disturbance
Tagalog lantay na gubat, lubwagan
- lantay na gubatforest free from disturbance
- lubwaganforest free from disturbance
Cite this entry
virgin forest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/virgin%20forest
“virgin forest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/virgin%20forest. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “virgin forest,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/virgin%20forest.
Source: virgin forest on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.