What does forêt in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word forêt in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use forêt in French.

The word forêt in French means forest, forest, forest, bit, drill bit, You can't see the wood for the trees, forest fire, wildfire, Amazon rainforest, the Hundred Acre Wood, public woodland, equatorial forest, petrified forest, rain forest, primal forest, tropical forest, old-growth forest, Black Forest, Black Forest gateau, forest fire. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word forêt

forest

nom féminin (terrain couvert d'arbres) (large)

(plural noun: Noun always used in plural form--for example, "jeans," "scissors.")
Notre forêt est composée principalement de chênes.
Our wood is mainly made up of oak trees.

forest

nom féminin (figuré (grande quantité de [qch]) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Il y avait une forêt de drapeaux sur son passage.
There was a sea of flags lining her path.

forest

nom féminin (informatique : réunion de domaines Windows) (Computing)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Le technicien a eu du mal à intégrer son domaine dans la forêt Active Directory à cause d'une mauvaise configuration des serveurs DNS.
The technician had trouble integrating his domain into the Active Directory forest due to a misconfiguration of the DNS servers.

bit, drill bit

nom masculin (mèche pour forer) (tool)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
À l'aide du foret je fais un trou dans le mur.
I am making a hole in the wall with the drill bit.

You can't see the wood for the trees

(un détail cache l'ensemble) (UK)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

forest fire, wildfire

nom masculin (incendie)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Un feu de forêt est un incendie qui se propage sur une zone boisée.
A forest fire is a blaze that spreads across a wooded area.

Amazon rainforest

nom féminin (forêt équatoriale)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La forêt amazonienne est située en Amérique du Sud dans le bassin amazonien.

the Hundred Acre Wood

nom féminin (univers imaginaire de Winnie l'ourson)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

public woodland

nom féminin (forêt appartenant à l'Etat)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

equatorial forest

nom féminin (forêt tropicale humide)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les forêts équatoriales se développent dans des climats chauds et humides aux précipitations abondantes.

petrified forest

nom féminin (forêt fossilisée)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

rain forest

nom féminin (forêt tropicale) (tropical forest)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La forêt pluviale est formée d'une végétation haute et dense.

primal forest

nom féminin (forêt vierge)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

tropical forest

nom féminin (forêt à végétation luxuriante)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

old-growth forest

nom féminin (jungle)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

Black Forest

nom féminin (massif forestier allemand) (area in Germany)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La Forêt-Noire fait pendant aux Vosges.

Black Forest gateau

nom féminin (gâteau) (cake)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Une forêt-noire est une génoise au cacao et aux griottes.

forest fire

nom masculin (feu d'espace boisé)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

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