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English noun: Firth

1. Firth (person) 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)


SynonymsJ. R. Firth, John Rupert Firth


Instance hypernymlinguist, linguistic scientist

2. firth (object) a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland)


Broader (hypernym)estuary


Instance hyponymFirth of Clyde, Firth of Forth, Moray Firth, Solway Firth


Domain regionScotland









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