firth

Other forms of firth

plural

firths·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about firth

What does firth mean?

firth means "English linguist who contributed to linguistic semantics and to prosodic phonology and who was noted for his insistence on studying both sound and meaning in context (1890-1960)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in firth?

firth has 1 syllable: firth. In IPA it is /ˈfɝθ/.

What is another word for firth?

Close synonyms include J. R. Firth, John Rupert Firth. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is firth a common word?

firth is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.