firth
pronunciation
How to pronounce firth in British English:
UK [fɜ:θ]
How to pronounce firth in American English:
US [fɜrθ]
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- Noun:
- a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)
Word Origin
- firth
- firth: see ford
- firth (n.)
- "arm of the sea, estuary of a river," early 15c., Scottish, from Old Norse fjörðr (see fjord).
Example
- 1. Colin firth : named best actor at the venice film festival .
- 2. But then he slipped and let the truth out . He 's for george vi , or was that colin firth ?
- 3. Harry potter and the woman in black star daniel radclife joined stars including firth and pitt to present awards . He gave octavia spencer her prize .
- 4. Last week firth was nominated for an oscar , along with his king 's speech co-stars geoffrey rush and helena bonham carter .
- 5. This paper analysed quanzhou bay firth wetland biodiversity characters , and raised wetland resource sustainable utilization countermeasures in view of its facing challenge .