forth
/foːθ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.40 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep
Forth from; out of.
Obsolete
adj
Misspelling of fourth.
noun
Misspelling of fourth.
name
A river in Scotland that flows for about 47 km (29 miles) from The Trossachs through Stirling to the Firth of Forth on the North Sea.
name
A sea area that covers the Firth of Forth
Example Sentences
- "From this time forth, I never will speak word."
- "say forth"
- "“[…] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes."
- "The plants in spring put forth leaves."
- "The robbers leapt forth from their place of concealment."
- "A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: […]"
Etymology
From Middle English forth, from Old English forþ, from Proto-West Germanic *forþ, from Proto-Germanic *furþą, from Proto-Indo-European *pŕ̥-to-, from *per-. Cognates include Dutch voort and German fort. See also ford.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: forth, forþ, *forþ, *furþą
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /foːθ/
- British English: /fɔːθ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
the Forth (canonical)