Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

garth

/ɡɑː(ɹ)θ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English

Syllables
garth
IPA
/ɡɑː(ɹ)θ/
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.

noun

A close; a yard; a croft; a garden.

noun

A clearing in the woods; as such, part of many placenames in Northern England

noun

A group or a household dedicated to the pagan faith of Heathenry.

noun

A location or sacred space, in ritual and poetry in modern Heathenry.

noun

A dam or weir for catching fish.

name

A number of places in Wales:

name

A number of places in Wales:

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰos Proto-Germanic *gardaz Old Norse garðrbor. Middle English garth English garth Inherited from Middle English garth, from Old Norse garðr, from Proto-Germanic *gardaz, thus cognate with Old English ġeard, whence the English doublet yard, and also a doublet of garden.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *gʰerdʰ-, garth, garðr, *gardaz

Inflected Forms

garths (plural)

Phrases

fish garth

Frequently Paired Words

fishgarth fish garth gravegarth kirkgarth stackgarth

Homonyms

Garth

Rhymes With

darth hearth barth marth arth harth penarth parth

Questions

How do you pronounce garth?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɑː(ɹ)θ/.
What does garth mean?
A grassy quadrangle surrounded by cloisters.
Where does garth come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce garth

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “garth”.
  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ɡɑː(ɹ)θ/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
  3. Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “garth”.
  4. Repeat and practice — Say “garth” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.