French

Noun

selve f ‎(plural selves)

1. (literary, slightly dated) Tropical forest, in particular Amazonian rainforest.

Anagrams

• levés, lèves

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin silva.

Noun

selve f ‎(plural selvis)

1. wood, forest

Synonyms

• bosc

Italian

Noun

selve f

1. plural of selva

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *selvo, from Proto-Germanic *selbaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzelvə/

Pronoun

selve

1. self (myself, yourself etc.)
2. (with definite article) that same, that particular

Descendants

• Dutch: zelf, zelfde

Old French

Alternative forms

• salve

Etymology

From Latin silva ‎(“forest, wood”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel-, *sel- ‎(“mountain, ridge, forest”). Akin to Proto-Germanic *swiliō, *suliō ‎(“beam, threshold”), whence Old English syll, sylle "beam, large timber used as a foundation for a wall" (Modern English sill). More at sill.

Noun

selve f ‎(oblique plural selves, nominative singular selve, nominative plural selves)

1. forest