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) | ||
Synonyms | J. R. Firth, John Rupert Firth | ||
Instance hypernym | linguist, linguistic scientist | ||
2. | firth (object) a long narrow estuary (especially in Scotland) | ||
Broader (hypernym) | estuary | ||
Instance hyponym | Firth of Clyde, Firth of Forth, Moray Firth, Solway Firth | ||
Domain region | Scotland | ||