English

Alternative forms

• da Silva

Proper noun

Silva

1. A surname​.

Portuguese

Etymology

Derived from Silva (name of several places in Portugal), ultimately from silva ‎(“bramble”).

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɫ.vɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiw.vɐ/

Proper noun

Silva m f

1. A surname​.

English

Noun

silva ‎(uncountable)

1. (forestry) The forest trees of a particular area
   • 1909, Willis Linn Jepson, The Trees of California, page 13:

     The most interesting and striking features of the silva of California relate to its composition, the geographical distribution of the species and their biological history.

Alternative forms

• sylva

Anagrams

• Salvi, vails, vials

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- ‎(“beam, board, frame, threshold”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ὕλη ‎(húlē, “wood, timber”) and Old English syl ‎(“sill, threshold, foundation”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsil.wa/, [ˈsɪɫ.wa]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsil.va/

Noun

silva f ‎(genitive silvae); first declension

1. wood, forest
2. orchard, grove

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• Silvānus
• silvāticus
• silvēscō
• silvestris
• silvicola
• silvicultrīx
• silvōsus

Descendants

References

• silva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• silva in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SILVA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “silva”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • wooded hills: montes vestiti silvis
    

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese silva, from Latin silva, from Proto-Indo-European *swel-, *sel- ‎(“mountain, ridge, forest”). Compare the doublet selva.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsiɫ.vɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsiw.va/, /ˈsiw.vɐ/
• Homophone: Silva
• Hyphenation: sil‧va

Noun

silva f (plural silvas)

1. bramble

Romanian

Noun

silva f

1. definite singular nominative form of silvă