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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rainforest.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-rainforest.wav Forms: rainforests [plural]
Etymology: From rain + forest, a calque of German Regenwald. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|rain|forest}} rain + forest, {{cal|en|de|Regenwald|nocap=1}} calque of German Regenwald Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} rainforest (countable and uncountable, plural rainforests)
  1. A forest in a climate with high annual rainfall and no dry season. Wikipedia link: rainforest Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Forests Synonyms: jungle, tropical forest, rain forest Derived forms: rainforestless, rainforestlike, rainforest mystic, temperate rainforest, tropical rainforest Translations (type of forest): дъждовна гора (dǎždovna gora) [feminine] (Bulgarian), selva pluvial [feminine] (Catalan), 雨林 (yǔlín) (Chinese Mandarin), deštný prales [masculine] (Czech), deštný les [masculine] (Czech), regnskov [common-gender] (Danish), regenwoud [neuter] (Dutch), pluvarbaro (Esperanto), vihmamets (Estonian), regnskógur (Faroese), sademetsä (Finnish), pluvisylve [feminine] (French), pluvisilve [feminine] (French), forêt pluviale [feminine] (French), forêt pluvieuse [feminine] (French), forêt tropicale [feminine] (French), ჭარბტენიანი ტყე (č̣arbṭeniani ṭq̇e) (Georgian), ტროპიკული ტყე (ṭroṗiḳuli ṭq̇e) (Georgian), Regenwald [masculine] (German), τροπικό δάσος (tropikó dásos) [neuter] (Greek), יער גשם (Hebrew), वर्षावन (varṣāvan) (Hindi), esőerdő (Hungarian), regnskógur [masculine] (Icelandic), foraois bháistí [feminine] (Irish), foresta pluviale [feminine] (Italian), 雨林 (urin) (alt: うりん) (Japanese), 多雨林 (taurin) (alt: たうりん) (Japanese), ಮಳೆಕಾಡು (maḷekāḍu) (Kannada), lietus mežs (Latvian), drėgnasis miškas (Lithuanian), дождовна шума (doždovna šuma) [feminine] (Macedonian), hutan hujan (Malay), ngahere pārūrū (note: in the tropics) (Maori), ngāoreore (Maori), ширэнгэн ой (širengen oj) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), hodíłchʼil níłtsánígíí (Navajo), arvevuovdi (Northern Sami), regnskog [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), regnskau [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), regnskog [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), جنگل بارانی (Persian), stik (Pitcairn-Norfolk), las deszczowy [masculine] (Polish), floresta tropical [feminine] (Portuguese), floresta húmida [feminine] (Portuguese), floresta ombrófila [feminine] (Portuguese), floresta pluvial [feminine] (Portuguese), pădure tropicală [feminine] (Romanian), дождево́й лес (doždevój les) [masculine] (Russian), се́льва (sélʹva) [feminine] (Russian), coille-uisge [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), pràšuma [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), dažďový les [masculine] (Slovak), deževni gozd [masculine] (Slovene), bosque tropical [masculine] (Spanish), bosque hidrofítico [masculine] (Spanish), pluviselva [feminine] (Spanish), regnskog [common-gender] (Swedish), ป่าฝน (bpàa-fǒn) (Thai), ป่าดิบชื้น (bpàa-dìp-chʉ́ʉn) (Thai), yağmur ormanı (Turkish), дощовий ліс (doščovyj lis) [masculine] (Ukrainian), rừng mưa (Vietnamese), fforest law [feminine] (Welsh)
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "type of forest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pluviselva"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "type of forest",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "regnskog"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bpàa-fǒn",
      "sense": "type of forest",
      "word": "ป่าฝน"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bpàa-dìp-chʉ́ʉn",
      "sense": "type of forest",
      "word": "ป่าดิบชื้น"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "type of forest",
      "word": "yağmur ormanı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "doščovyj lis",
      "sense": "type of forest",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дощовий ліс"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "type of forest",
      "word": "rừng mưa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "type of forest",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fforest law"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rainforest"
}

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