firth
noun
a long, narrow indentation of the seacoast.
firth
1 American
[furth]
/ fɜrθ /
Also
frith
noun
Chiefly Scot.
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firths
plural
Firth
2
American
[furth]
/ fɜrθ /
noun
firth
British
/ fɜːθ /
noun
firth
Scientific
/ fûrth /
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Etymology
Origin of firth
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English ( Scots ), from Old Norse firth-, stem of fjǫrthr “fjord”
Example Sentences
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He said he would have expected to have been told in advance about steps to accommodate the ship in the firth.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
On the distant horizon was a cluster of faint street lights, a small town hunkered on the far side of the firth.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 6, 2020
After a slow start County went on to dominate with Ivan Sproule scoring his firth goal in as many starts to give County the lead 11 minutes from the break.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 23, 2013
The firth is a 20-mile- long, eight-mile-wide strip of water dividing the islands with the mainland.
From BusinessWeek ● Jul. 5, 2011
He could see the harbor too, and had watched Merry Midwife make her way down the firth.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
On the comedy podcast, Egerton went on to describe his Kingsman: The Secret Service and Kingsman: The Golden Circle co-star Colin Firth as a "fatherly figure".
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
The films – released in 2014 and 2017 – saw Egerton play Gary "Eggsy" Unwin, while Firth played his mentor Harry Hart.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Gannet chicks taken from Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth were sold in a market in Edinburgh.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
“This was a huge counterparty to a number of big banks who seem to have absolutely no idea what was going on,” said Edward Firth, a banking analyst at KBW in London.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 6, 2026
Jason, because he’s handsome in a British film star kind of way, not a Depp or a Pitt, but a Firth, or a Jason Isaacs.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
Now Kari and his fellows sailed south through Scotland's firths, and there they found men from the Southern isles.
From The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor by Unknown
Thence he sailed west, round Wales, and so north, through Scotland's firths, and did not stay his course till he came to Thraswick in Caithness, to master Skeggi's house.
From The Story of Burnt Njal: the great Icelandic tribune, jurist, and counsellor by Unknown
Gestumblindi said: Who are the brides who go about the reefs and trail along the firths?
From Stories and Ballads of the Far Past Translated from the Norse (Icelandic and Faroese) with Introductions and Notes by Nora Kershaw
These three lesser firths, together with the main creek that flows into each above the point where the tide reaches, are respectively the Pahi, the Paparoa, and the Matakohe.
From Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand by William Delisle Hay
It must have travelled over a country unknown to it, and have crossed the firths of Forth and Tay.
From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various
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