Firth

Definitions: Firth

Firth

Noun

1. 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).

2. A long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland).

Date "Firth" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references)

Note: Firth \Firth\, noun. [Scottish. See Frith.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Geography	A narrow arm of the sea; also, the opening of a river into the sea, an estuary. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A long, narrow arm of the sea; also, the opening of a river into the sea. Along the Scottish coast, it is usually the lower part of an estuary (e.g., Firth of Forth), but sometimes it is a fjord (e.g., Firth of Lorne) or a strait (e.g., Pentland Firth). Etymol. Scottish. Syn:frith. (references)
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Synonyms: Firth

Synonyms: J. R. Firth (n), John Rupert Firth (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Gulf Lake	Noun: land covered with water, gulf, gulph, bay, inlet, bight, estuary, arm of the sea, bayou, fiord, armlet; frith, firth, ostiary, mouth; lagune, lagoon; indraught; cove, creek; natural harbor; roads; strait; narrows; Euripus; sound, belt, gut, kyles; continental slope, continental shelf.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Firth

English words defined with "Firth": Agricola ♦ Edinburgh ♦ Firth of Forth ♦ Gade, Gnaeus Julius Agricola ♦ J. R. Firth, John Rupert Firth ♦ Lothian Region ♦ Solway Firth. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Firth": NCB boring tower. (references)

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Firth Ground Force (1998)
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Domain	Title
References	Firth Rixson plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	GRAHAM FIRTH STEEL PRODUCTS (INDIA) LTD.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference) Leadership and Change in the Western Pacific: Essays Presented to Sir Raymond Firth on the Occasion of His Ninetieth Birthday (London School of econo (reference) London School of Linguistics: A Study of the Linguistic Theories of B. Malinowski and J. R. Firth (reference) News in the Regions: Plymouth Sound to Moray Firth (reference) Portrait of the Moray Firth (reference) (more book examples)

Consumer Goods	Vic Firth 10-Inch Federal Pepper Mill, Cherry (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Watercolor by Dwight Shepler, USNR, 1943, depicting U.S. and British warships in the Pentlant Firth during an operation toward the Norwegian coast, coincident with the Sicily invasion, July 1943. USS Alabama (BB-60) is in the lead, followed by HMS Illustrious and HMS King George V. Three British carrier-based fighters (two "Seafires" and a "Martlet") are overhead.Credit: NAVY.		In the Firth of Forth, Scotland, circa late 1918. A paddle tug is alongside. The Forth Bridge is in the distance.Credit: NAVY.
	In British waters, while serving with the Sixth Battle Squadron in the North Sea area, 1918. Location is probably the Firth of Forth, Scotland.Credit: NAVY.		Ship's officers, 1918, with her Commanding Officer, Captain Archibald H. Scales, seated in the front row, center. Photographed in the Firth of Forth, Scotland, with the Forth Bridge visible in the background.Credit: NAVY.
	Steaming off the Firth of Clyde, Scotland, prior to Operation "Mainbrace" exercises, September 1952. Aircraft on her flight deck include AD, F4U and F9F types.Credit: NAVY.		In the Firth of Forth, Scotland, circa 1916-17, with the Forth Bridge in the background.Credit: NAVY.
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"Firth" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 80.81% of the time. "Firth" is used about 344 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	80.81%	278	17,541
Noun (singular)	19.19%	66	41,290
Total	100.00%	344	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "Firth" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Firth	Last name	1,000	9,338
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Country	Name	Country	Name
India	Graham Firth Steel Products Ltd.	United Kingdom	Firth Rixson plc
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1. Firth, ID (city, FIPS 27910)
Location: 43.30560 N, 112.18313 W
Population (1990): 429 (149 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 83236
Country: USA

2. Firth, NE (village, FIPS 16935)
Location: 40.53435 N, 96.60399 W
Population (1990): 471 (174 housing units)
Area: 0.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip Code(s): 68358
Country: USA

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Expressions: Firth

Expressions using "Firth": Firth of Forth ♦ J. R. Firth ♦ John Rupert Firth ♦ Solway Firth. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "Firth": Firth-butterfield.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Firth

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
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firth lorn	124	firth sterling	8
vic firth	103	colin firth wallpaper	8
firth lorn town	82	clyde firth	8
dundees firth	60	firth idaho	7
firth	52	bridge firth forth	7
dundee firth	36	colin firth present tvnow	7
actor firth	25	dolphin famous firth moray	6
collin firth	20	colin firth movie	6
colin firth picture	20	firth mitch	6
actor colin firth	18	firth tay	6
peter firth	18	firth moray radio	5
firth friend	16	bank firth third	5
jonathan firth	16	firth.com vic	5
biography colin firth	13	firth lom	5
firth nebraska	13	colin ehle firth jennifer	5
colin firth photo	12	colin firth prejudice pride	5
firth forth	11	colin darcy firth mr	4
firth rudiments vic	10	firth rixson	4
colin fantasy firth woman	10	colin firth hope springs	4
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Modern Translations: Firth

Language		Translations for "Firth"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		Gjykëderdhje Lumi (Frith), Gji Deti I Ngushtë (fiord, Frith). (various references)

Arabic		‏لسان بحري (strip). (various references)

Bulgarian		Устие На � ека, Тесен Морски Залив (Frith, Loch), Лиман (Frith). (various references)

Czech		Ústí Øeky. (various references)

Dutch		fjord (fiord, fjord, inlet, loch), zeearm (arm of the sea, estuary, seainlet). (various references)

Esperanto		marbranĉo (arm of the sea, estuary). (various references)

Finnish		vuono (fiord, fjord). (various references)

French		firth, Bras De Mer. (various references)

German		Fjord (fiord, fjord, inlet, loch). (various references)

Greek		Firth, Στενόσ ίόλποσ, Φιόρδ. (various references)

Hebrew		ֶרוע ֹם, פך ִ� �"ר. (various references)

Hungarian		Folyótorkolat (issue, wash). (various references)

Indonesian		teluk (bight, gulf), muara (estuary). (various references)

Italian		Fiordo (fiord, fjord). (various references)

Manx		keyllys (channel, narrows, pass, sound, strait). (various references)

Norwegian		fjord (fjord, inlet, loch). (various references)

Pig Latin		irthfay

Portuguese		fiorde (fir, fjord, loch), Braço De Mar (fritter, gulf, lochan, lounge, Strait), �"timo (Hunt). (various references)

Romanian		Liman (bank, coast, estuary, Harbor, harbour, haven, lagoon, refuge, shore), Estuar (estuary, Frith), Braţ De Mare. (various references)

Russian		Устье � еки (Lade), Узкий Морской Залив (Frith, Loch). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		zalivni, ulivni, ušće reke (delta), morski zaliv (frith). (various references)

Spanish		ría (estuary, sea loch, tidal reach), Inicio (beginning, initiation, introduction, kick off, loom), Estuario (estuary). (various references)

Swedish		fjord (fiord, fjord, inlet, loch). (various references)

Turkish		Körfez (arm, bay, bight, cove, gulf, indentation, inlet, Loch, Lough), Haliç (armlet, estuary, Frith, golden horn, mouth, sound). (various references)

Ukranian		�"ирло � іки (Beal, Creek, Lade), �'узька Морська Затока. (various references)

Vietnamese		vịnh hẹp cửa sông (frith). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Firth

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	bracchium. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Firth

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Firth": firths. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Firth" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Cirith, dirth, fairt, fanth, farth, Ferteh, ferth, feth, finth, firthy, firty, fith, Fitr, fitry, Frithe, frity, fuath, furth, Furtho, Iftr, irth, kirth, porth. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Firth"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "Firth" (pronounced fer"th)
2	-er" th	berth, birth, dearth, earth, girth, mirth, rebirth, unearth, worth.
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Anagrams: Firth

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: frith.
	Words within the letters "f-h-i-r-t"
	-1 letter: frit, rift, thir.
	-2 letters: fir, fit, hit, rif.
	-3 letters: hi, if, it, ti.
	Words containing the letters "f-h-i-r-t"
	+1 letter: firths, fright, friths, shrift, thrift.
	+2 letters: fighter, freight, frights, heftier, ratfish, refight, shifter, shrifts, thrifts, thrifty.
	+3 letters: affright, etherify, farthing, fighters, filthier, flichter, fortieth, fortyish, freights, frighted, frighten, frothier, frothily, frothing, mirthful, prefight, redshift, refights, rightful, shifters, shiftier, starfish, thurifer.
	+4 letters: affrights, chairlift, farthings, fathering, firefight, firelight, firethorn, firsthand, flichters, flightier, foresight, forsythia, forthwith, fortieths, fortnight, freighted, freighter, frightens, frightful, frighting, frothiest, gearshift, headfirst, hoofprint, infighter, pitchfork, preflight, ratfishes, redshifts, threadfin, thriftier, thriftily, thurifers, trunkfish, unthrifty.
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