Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

forestine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fores-tine
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to a forest.

Example Sentences

"Farther in, however, the clan names grow rarer; and where we find them they are not hams or tuns, regular communities of Saxon settlers, but they show, by their forestine terminations of hurst, ley, den, and field, that they were mere outlying shelters of hunters or swineherds in the trackless forest. Such are Billinghurst, Warminghurst, Itchingfield, and Ardingley."

Etymology

From forest + -ine.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: forest

Questions

What does forestine mean?: Of or relating to a forest.
Where does forestine come from?: From forest + -ine.

How to pronounce forestine

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