sylvain

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Adjective[edit]

sylvain (feminine sylvaine, masculine plural sylvains, feminine plural sylvaines)

  1. (literary) that lives the forest, sylvan
  2. of or from Forest-l'Abbaye

Noun[edit]

sylvain m (plural sylvains)

  1. Any of a number of butterflies, especially some species of admiral
  2. (Roman mythology) a minor deity of forest, a sylvan

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