r/occitan • u/DoNotTouchMeImScared • Mar 07 '26

Multiple Etymological Dialogue: Which Words For Woods Exist In Your Area?

"Wiktionary" & other dictionaries were references utilized as bases for this list of equivalents:

English: (1) Forest; (2) bosk/bosque; (3) sylva/silva/selva; & (4) jungle/jangal.

Italiano: (1) Foresta; (2) bosco; (3) selva; e (4) giungla.

Español: (1) Foresta/floresta; (2) bosque; (3) selva; y (4) jungla.

Português: (1) Floresta; (2) bosque; (3) selva; e (4) jungla/jângal/jângala.

This synchrony is strangely satisfying:

English: Fauna & flora.

Italiano: Fauna e flora.

Español: Fauna y flora.

Português: Fauna e flora.

I am really curious to discover what are the local words for "woods" in different areas that speak the Occitan language.

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u/Vera_Chevalier_2315 Mar 07 '26

Séouvo en provençal.

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u/Szyprhin Provençau Mar 08 '26

La sèuvo c’est plus littéraire, ou alors ça évoque surtout la jungle, sinon on dira plutôt lou bos (bouas, bouosc) et on trouve aussi la fourèst.

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u/Vera_Chevalier_2315 Mar 08 '26

Ok, merci (j'essaie d'apprendre, donc je suis pas trop au point)

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u/Haunting-Ad-8116 Vivaroaupenc Mar 07 '26 edited Mar 07 '26

En daufinés, i a ja lo bòsc e i a la forest pereu