First recorded around 1400–50.
Comes from the late Middle English word ferdkyn or firdekyn.
This is formed from a variant of ferthe, meaning \"fourth,\" and the diminutive suffix -kin.
Sign up for more Word of the Day!

\r\nEXAMPLES OF FIRKIN\r\n

The antique store had a collection of quaint firkins on display, each with its own unique design.
After the harvest festival, the townspeople gathered around to share stories over slices of bread from a firkin of butter.

\r\nIt's National Poetry Month, and we’ve created a challenge that really is for everyone. Today’s the last day to submit!","audio":"https://static.sfdict.com/audio/F01/F0166000.mp3","definitions":[{"partofspeech":"noun","data":"a small wooden vessel or tub for butter, lard, etc."}],"examples":[],"imageUrl":"https://www.dictionary.com/e/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/firkin_IG.png","accentColor":"#0063D7"}},"status":"succeeded"}},"meta":{"requestId":"Jkv5wCv7vNKsj8N_YiOo0","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchWordsNearby/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"before":[{"slug":"seine-et-oise","entry":"Seine-et-Oise"},{"slug":"seine-maritime","entry":"Seine-Maritime"},{"slug":"seiner","entry":"seiner"},{"slug":"seine-river","entry":"Seine River"},{"slug":"seine-saint-denis","entry":"Seine-Saint-Denis"}],"after":[{"slug":"seise","entry":"seise"},{"slug":"seisin","entry":"seisin"},{"slug":"seising","entry":"seising"},{"slug":"seism","entry":"seism"},{"slug":"seismic","entry":"seismic"}]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"seine-st-denis"},"requestId":"9GeUverO1sbDPC0BW9m59","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"luna/fetchExampleSentences/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"tdb":[],"gbg":[]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"seine-st-denis"},"requestId":"_ruFb6Cxx65OQkp7jnr6n","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchDictionaryResults/fulfilled","payload":{"slugs":[{"entries":[{"__typename":"Entry","audioPronunciations":[{"mpeg":"https://nonprod-audio.dictionary.com/S02/S0275900/S0275900.mp3"}],"confusableNotes":[],"genderNotes":[],"grammarNotes":[],"headword":{"displayForm":"Seine-St-Denis","slug":"seine-st-denis"},"idioms":[],"orderKey":99999010,"ordinal":10,"origin":null,"partOfSpeechBlock":[{"definitions":[{"antonymsConnection":{"edges":[]},"definitionSetChunks":"[{\"type\": \"def\", \"children\": [{\"text\": \"a department in N France. 91 sq. mi. (236 sq. km).\", \"type\": \"text\"}, {\"text\": \"\", \"type\": \"text\", \"punc\": \"colon\"}, {\"text\": \"Bobigny.\", \"type\": \"text\"}]}]","examples":[],"ordinal":1,"subdefinitions":[],"synonymsConnection":{"edges":[]}}],"inflectionSets":[],"labelSet":null,"ordinal":1,"partOfSpeech":"noun"}],"pronunciationNotes":[],"pronunciationSet":{"pronunciationSetChunk":"{\"type\": \"pronunciation_set\", \"pointsTo\": \"u3bb48a285cbafaf0.-3bc55cee.14d9e768287.483a\", \"pronunciationGroupChunks\": [{\"type\": \"pronunciation_group\", \"pointsTo\": \"u3bb48a285cbafaf0.-3bc55cee.14d9e768287.483b\", \"ipaChunks\": [{\"text\": \"s\\u025bn s\\u025b\\u0303 d\\u0259\\u02c8ni\", \"type\": \"text\", \"pointsTo\": \"u3bb48a285cbafaf0.-3bc55cee.14d9e768287.483c\"}], \"spellChunks\": [{\"text\": \"sen-sa\", \"type\": \"text\"}, {\"text\": \"n\", \"type\": \"text\", \"pointsTo\": \"u3bb48a285cbafaf0.-3bc55cee.14d9e768287.483e\"}, {\"text\": \"-d\", \"type\": \"text\"}, {\"text\": \"uh\", \"type\": \"emphasis\", \"pointsTo\": \"u3bb48a285cbafaf0.-3bc55cee.14d9e768287.483f\"}, {\"text\": \"-\", \"type\": \"text\"}, {\"text\": \"nee\", \"type\": \"bold\", \"pointsTo\": \"u3bb48a285cbafaf0.-3bc55cee.14d9e768287.4840\"}]}]}"},"relatedFormSets":[],"sensitiveNotes":[],"spellingNotes":[],"synonymStudy":[],"usageAlerts":[],"usageNotes":[],"variants":[],"verbPhrases":[]}],"url":"seine-st-denis"}]},"meta":{"arg":{"slug":"seine-st-denis"},"requestId":"crrkU7xRNnQrV8g2DeqVz","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchResultsData/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"url":"seine-st-denis","displayForm":"Seine-St-Denis","canonicalSlug":"seine-st-denis","content":[{"source":"luna","entries":[{"id":"u3bb48a285cbafaf0.-3bc55cee.14d9e768287.4836","type":"normal","entry":"Seine-St-Denis","entrySyllabified":"Seine-St-De·nis","entryVariants":[],"homograph":null,"pronunciation":{"ipa":"sɛn sɛ̃ dəˈni ","spell":"sen-san-duh-nee ","audio":{"audio/ogg":"https://static.sfdict.com/audio/lunawav/S02/S0275900.ogg","audio/mpeg":"https://static.sfdict.com/audio/S02/S0275900.mp3"}},"predefinitionContent":"","posBlocks":[{"definitions":[{"order":1,"type":"simple","predefinitionContent":"","postdefinitionContent":"","definition":"a department in N France. 91 sq. mi. (236 sq. km). Capital: Bobigny.","synonyms":"","antonyms":"","cites":[]}],"pos":"noun","posSupplementaryInfo":""}],"origin":null,"originData":null,"supplementaryNotes":[],"variantForms":[],"variantSpellings":[],"referenceData":[],"relatedForms":[],"confusables":[]}]}],"nearbyWordOrdinal":137709,"index-rank-01":["seine-st-denis"],"index-rank-02":[],"index-rank-03":[],"index-rank-04":["seine-st-denis'","seine-st-denis's","seine-st-denises","seine-st-denises'"],"index-rank-05":[],"index-rank-06":["seine st denis"],"index-rank-07":[],"index-rank-08":[],"index-rank-09":[],"index-rank-10":[],"index-rank-11":[],"index-rank-12":[],"index-rank-13":[],"index-rank-14":["bobigny"],"index-rank-15":[],"tunaSlug":null,"isFeaturedMetaSlug":false}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"seine-st-denis"},"requestId":"ydUaKw18B2YLF0P_E6zLK","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}},{"type":"fetchSpellSuggestions/fulfilled","payload":{"data":{"luna":["Denis","Denîs","Denise","Dennis","dens","Denys","dense","denims","DNS","Dness","Donus","Dunois","deni","tennis","tenuis","TENS","Cenis","denim","lenis","penis","Tanis","Tunis","-desis","D.Eng.S."],"tuna":["sat","set","sit","sot","sty","ts","STD","STP","at","dt","t","SD","EST","so","QT","SF","SL","VT","et","it","a t","S&L","s l","e t","t's","E.T.","s.l.","e. t.","s. l."],"lunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"Denis","slug":"denis"},{"displayForm":"Denîs","slug":"denis"},{"displayForm":"Denise","slug":"denise"},{"displayForm":"Dennis","slug":"dennis"},{"displayForm":"dens","slug":"dens"},{"displayForm":"Denys","slug":"denys"},{"displayForm":"dense","slug":"dense"},{"displayForm":"denims","slug":"denims"},{"displayForm":"DNS","slug":"dns"},{"displayForm":"Donus","slug":"donus"},{"displayForm":"Dunois","slug":"dunois"},{"displayForm":"deni","slug":"deni"},{"displayForm":"tennis","slug":"tennis"},{"displayForm":"tenuis","slug":"tenuis"},{"displayForm":"TENS","slug":"tens"},{"displayForm":"Cenis","slug":"cenis"},{"displayForm":"denim","slug":"denim"},{"displayForm":"lenis","slug":"lenis"},{"displayForm":"penis","slug":"penis"},{"displayForm":"Tanis","slug":"tanis"},{"displayForm":"Tunis","slug":"tunis"},{"displayForm":"-desis","slug":"desis"},{"displayForm":"D.Eng.S.","slug":"d-eng-s"}],"tunaWithSlug":[{"displayForm":"sat","slug":"sat"},{"displayForm":"set","slug":"set"},{"displayForm":"sit","slug":"sit"},{"displayForm":"sot","slug":"sot"},{"displayForm":"sty","slug":"sty"},{"displayForm":"ts","slug":"ts"},{"displayForm":"STD","slug":"std"},{"displayForm":"STP","slug":"stp"},{"displayForm":"at","slug":"at"},{"displayForm":"dt","slug":"dt"},{"displayForm":"t","slug":"t"},{"displayForm":"SD","slug":"sd"},{"displayForm":"EST","slug":"est"},{"displayForm":"so","slug":"so"},{"displayForm":"QT","slug":"qt"},{"displayForm":"SF","slug":"sf"},{"displayForm":"SL","slug":"sl"},{"displayForm":"VT","slug":"vt"},{"displayForm":"et","slug":"et"},{"displayForm":"it","slug":"it"},{"displayForm":"a t","slug":"a%20t"},{"displayForm":"S&L","slug":"s%26l"},{"displayForm":"s l","slug":"s%20l"},{"displayForm":"e t","slug":"e%20t"},{"displayForm":"t's","slug":"t%27s"},{"displayForm":"E.T.","slug":"e.t."},{"displayForm":"s.l.","slug":"s.l."},{"displayForm":"e. t.","slug":"e.%20t."},{"displayForm":"s. l.","slug":"s.%20l."}]}},"meta":{"arg":{"word":"seine-st-denis"},"requestId":"de0ao7n5IpXTJVkWykkXb","requestStatus":"fulfilled"}}]},"actionData":null,"errors":null}

Seine-St-Denis

noun

Word of the Day