noun · countable / uncountable · rare

afforestation

afforestation · afforestations

залісення, лісонасадження, насадження лісу

лесонасаждение, лесоразведение

Aufforstung

The act or process of creating a new forest where none had existed before, or…The act or process of creating a new forest where none had existed before, or reforestation of areas long deforested.

Meaning

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(countable, uncountable)The act or process of creating a new forest where none had existed before, or reforestation of areas long deforested.
Aufforstung
лесонасаждениеlesonasaždenije, лесоразведениеlesorazvedenije
залі́сенняzalísennja, лісонасадженняlisonasadžennja, насадження лісуnasadžennja lisu

More definitions

the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting)

Translations

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Українська

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Русский

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creating a forest:

Deutsch

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creating a forest:

Origin

From Medieval Latin afforestātiō, from afforestāt-, past participial stem of afforestō (“t

From Medieval Latin afforestātiō, from afforestāt-, past participial stem of afforestō (“to convert into a forest”) (from Latin ad- + Late Latin forestis (“forest”) + -ō (suffix forming verbs)), + Latin -iō (suffix forming action nouns). By surface analysis, afforest + -ation.

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