+ Hmong Njua; Hmong Dou; Iu Mienh; Lao; Tai Dam; Tai Lü; Shan; Khmer; Arpitan; Tundra Nenets; Kaqchikel; Achi; Akateko; Awakateko; Ch'orti'; Chuj; Itza; Ixil; K'iche'; Mam; Mopan; Poqomam; Poqomchi; Q'anjob'al; Tseltal; Tzutujil; Yucatec; Aymara; Quechua; Inga; Muskogee; Armenian; Ga; Ewe; Twi; Fante; Hausa; Amharic; Azerbaijani; Kazakh; Uzbek
+ additions for Estonian, Livonian, Votic, Võro, Akkala Saami, Inari Saami, Kildin Saami, Lule Saami, Northern Saami, Pite Saami, Skolt Saami, South Saami, Ume Saami, Spanish, Hmong Daw, and Swahili
Afrikaans: bos
Danish: skov (Where Norwegian has a "g", Danish often has a "v")
Dutch: bos / woud (see German)
English: forest, from Late Latin forestis (silva) = unenclosed (woodland)./woods
Faroese: skógur
Flemish: bos
Frisian: bosk
German: Wald, from a Germanic word meaning untilled land; Hain (grove)
Icelandic: skógur (not that there is any forest in Iceland)
Jamtlandic: skóg (Jamtland is basically a huge cultivated forest)
Luxembourgish: Bësch
Norwegian: skog, from Norse skógr, derived from skuggi, meaning shady place
Swedish: skog
Yiddish: װאַלד [vald]
Arpitan: bouesc
Arpitan (Blonay dialect): dzāü ; bu
Arpitan (Dzoratâi/Jorat dialect): dzo ; boû
Catalan: bosc / selva, from Late Latin silva = woodland
French: forêt (see English)/bois
Friulian/Furlan: bosc
Galician: foresta / bosque
Italian: foresta (see English); selva; bosco
Latin: nemus ; lucus
Lombard (Bresciano dialect): bosk
Neapolitan: bosco
Piemontese: bòsch
Portuguese: floresta (see English)
Romagnolo: bòsc
Romanian: pădure, from Late Latin padule, probably related to the adjective patulus = open, extended, spreading
Sardinian Campidanesu: padenti
Sardinian Logudoresu: littu ; padente
Sicilian: voscu
Sicilian (Calabrese, Lametino dialect): vuascu
Sicilian (Calabrese, Mesoraca dialect): vùescu
Spanish: bosque; (rainforest/jungle) selva
Valencian: bosc
Wallon: bwès
Latgalian: mežs
Lithuanian: miškas / giria
Latvian: mežs; sils (≈ pine forest); birztala (small forest, grove)
Sudovian: med'an / girmā (ancient)
Belorussian: лес [les]
Bulgarian: гора [gora]
Croatian: šuma
Czech: les
Kashubian: las
Macedonia: шума [šuma]
Polabian: las
Polish: las
Russian: лес [les]; роща (small forest, grove); сосняк (pine forest); березняк (birch forest/grove); дубрава (oak forest)
Rusyn: лїс
Slovak: les / hora
Serbian: шума [šuma]
Slovenian: gozd
Sorbian: lĕs
Ukrainian: лiс [lis]
Breton: koad; koadeg
Irish: Coill
Welsh: coedwig / fforest
Scots-Gaelic: coille
Greek: δάσος [dásos]
Albanian: pyll
Persian: جنگل
Gujarati: વન
Hindi: जंगल
Marathi: वन
Punjabi: ਵਣ
Sanskrit: वन
Erzya: виресь (indef. вирь)
Estonian: mets; (birch forest) kaasik, kasemets; (pine forest) männik, männimets; (oak forest) tammik, tammemets; (fir forest) kuusik, kuusemets; (alder forest) lepik, lepamets; (small grove) salu; (sacred forest) hiis
Estonian (Audru): kõreng
Estonian (Juuru): iin
Finnish (standard): metsä
Finnish (Mid Ostrobothnian): mehtä
Finnish (North Ostrobothnian): mettä
Finnish (old Mid Ostrobothnian): messä
Finnish (old Southwestern): meθθä
Finnish (old South Savonian): messä
Finnish (old Southeastern): messä
Finnish (Peräpohjola): mettä ; outa
Finnish (Tavastian): mettä
Finnish (Savonian): mehtä
Finnish (Southeastern): metsä, mehtä, messä
Finnish (South Ostrobothnian): mettä
Finnish (Southwestern): mettä
Hungarian: erdő / erdőség
Izhorian: metsä
Karelian: meččä
Komi-Zyrian: вöр
Livonian: mõtsā; (birch forest) kõuvšt; (pine forest) meņšt; (oak forest) tämšt; (alder forest) lepšt
Ludic (Kuujärv): mecc
Ludic (Pühäjärv): mečče
Mari (Hill): шӹргӹ
Mari (Meadow): чодыра; кожла; шӱргӧ; пуэр (small forest [пу=tree]); ото, отер (grove)
Moksha: вирь
Mordvinian (Erzya): вирь
Mordvinian (Moksha): вирь
Nenets (Tundra): эдара
Olonets (Livvi-Karelian): meččy
Saami (Northern): meahcci ; vuovdi ; (small grove) bohttu
Saami (Akkala): mjätsa ; varr ; (small grove) roat
Saami (Inari): mecci ; vyevˈdi ; (small grove) roto
Saami (Kildin): ва̄ррь ; (dense forest) ля̄ммт ; (small grove) роадт
Saami (Lule): miehttse ; vuovdde ; (small grove) soavvo
Saami (Pite): mähttse; vuävvde ; (birch forest) såhkevuobme ; (dense birch forest) sågasdak ; (young birch forest) spádnjo ; (pine forest) biehtsevuobme ; (dense pine forest) bietsasdak ; (young pine forest) särritj ; (dense fir forest) guasasdak ; (dense forest) suhkkis
Saami (Skolt): meäʹcc ; (pine forest) pieʹccvââšš ; (dense pine forest) laannj ; (small grove) råått
Saami (South): skåajje ; (small grove) bohttu
Saami (Ume): meähttsie ; (pine forest) biätsdahka
Udmurt: нюлэс
Veps: mec
Votic: mettsä; (birch forest) kahtšizikko; (pine forest) petäzikko; (oak forest) tammikko; (alder forest) lepikko
Võro: mõts; (birch forest) kõivistik; (pine forest) pedästik; (oak forest) tammistik; (fir forest) kuusistik; (alder forest) lepistik; (sacred forest) hiiś
Georgian: ტყე
Armenian: թավուտ [tʰɑvut]
Azerbaijani: orman ; meşə
Chuvash: вăрман
Kazakh: орман
Tatar (Volga): урман
Turkish: orman
Uzbek: oʻrmon
Evenki: мо̄са; хӯра (dialect), харги (dialect); агӣ (forest in a plain); урэ (on a mountain); тэ̄н (on a hill); дягдаг (pine forest) ; тактыка̄г (cedar forest); ирэ̄вэг (deciduous forest); асиг (spruce/fir forest); чалбӯг (birch forest); сигика̄г (dense forest)
Arabic: غابة [ghaaba]
Hebrew: יער [ya'ar]
Chinese (Mandarin): 树林 / 樹林 [shùlín] / 森林 [sēnlín] — the characters show several trees (木)
Cantonese: 樹林 [syuh làhm] / 森林 [sām làhm]
Hakka: 樹林 [chóu līm]
/ 森林 [sēm līm]
Taiwanese: 樹林 [chhīu-nâ] / 森林 [sim-lîm /som-lîm]
Japanese: 森 [mori] / 森林 [shinrin] (from Chinese)
Korean: 숲 [sup] / 삼림 (森林) [samrim] (from Chinese)
Lao: ປ່າໄມ້ [pamai] ; ປ່າ [pa]
Shan: ပႃႇ [pàa]
Tai Dam: ꪜ꪿ꪱ [pa]
Tai Lü: ᦔᦱᧈ [pa:]
Thai:
ป่าไม้ [pamai] ;
ป่า [pa] ;
ไพร [prai] ;
สัณฑ์ [san]
Thai (Northern): ᨸ᩵ᩣ [pa]
Khmer: ព្រៃ [prɨy]
Vietnamese: rừng
Hmong Daw: hav zoo ; hav zoov ; zoov
Hmong Njua: haav zoov ; zoov
Hmong Dou: got rongd ; rongd
Iu Mienh: domh gemh lomc ; gemh dauh
Indonesian: hutan, hutan kecil
Basque: baso
Hawaiian: ululā‘au
Reo Māori (NZ): Nehenehe, Ngahere, Waonui
Reo Mā`ohi(Tahitian): ururā`au
Rapanui: miro nui nui
Malagasy: ala
(Afan) Oromo: hurruma
Hausa: kurmi
Amharic: ጫካ [čaka]
Swahili: (jungle) msitu ; (dense trees) mwitu
Ga: koo
Ewe: ave
Twi: kwae
Fante: ekwae
Maasai: entim
Muskogee: etvlkē
Achi: k'iche'laaj
Awakatek: xo'l tze'
Akatec: te'laj
Ch'orti': nukte' ; tah
Chuj: kalte'
Itza Maya: k'aax
Ixil: xool tze'
Kaqchikel: k'echelaj
K'iche': k'iche'laj
Mam: k'ul
Mopan Maya: nukche'
Poqomam: k'ichee'
Poqomchi: raxchee'
Q'anjob'al: te'laq
Tseltal: ha'mal
Tzutujil: k'achelaaj
Yucatec Maya: k'áax
Mapunzugun: lemu ; mawiza
Guaraní: ka'aguy
Aymara: quqanaka
Inga: sachaiug; sachuku
Quechua (Ayacucho): sachasacha
Quechua (Cochabamba): sachasacha
Quechua (Cuzco): sach'asach'a
Quichua (Imbabura): sachasacha ; hachahacha
Esperanto: arbaro
Interlingua: foreste (see English)
Klingon: ngem
Lingua Franca Nova: foresta
Wenedyk: ślewa