hearth
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hearth
- /ˈhɑːθ/ UK
- [ˈhɑːθ] UK
- /ˈhɑɹθ/ US
- [ˈhɑɹθ] US
- /ˈhɜɹθ/ dialectal, obsolete
- /ˈhæθ/ dialectal, obsolete
Sounds like heart (th-stopping) · Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)θ
Where it comes from
From Middle English herth, herthe, from Old English heorþ, from Proto-West Germanic *herþ, from Proto-Germanic *herþaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃- (“heat; fire”). Cognate with West Frisian hurd, Dutch haard, German Herd, Swedish härd. First attested in the Old English period.
The modern spelling is from an Middle English/Early Modern English /hɛːrθ/, from earlier /heːrθ/, levelled from inflected forms with /rð/ where the vowel would have been lengthened. The reflex of this pronunciation was preserved in obsolete dialectal /ˈhɜɹθ/.
noun hearths
- The place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for home heating and for cooking, usually constituted by at least a hearthstone and often enclosed to varying degrees by any combination of reredos, fireplace, oven, smoke hood, or chimney. For by the hearth the children sit Cold in that atmosphere of Death, And scarce endure to draw the breath, Or like to noiseless phantoms flit: […]
- A hearthstone, either as standalone or as the floor of an enclosed fireplace or oven. cooking on an open hearth
- A fireplace: an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire may be built.
- The lowest part of a metallurgical furnace.
- A brazier, chafing dish, or firebox.
- Home or family life. To put it simply, he seems to me to be starting out to harm the city, from its very hearth, by setting out to wrong you.
- A household or group in some forms of the modern pagan faith Heathenry. Asatru is practised all over Northern Europe and also in North America. Like Druidry, it is organized into bodies with sub-groups, the hearths.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: fireplace, fireside, open fireplace, ingle, chimney, crucible, stack, fire, lamp, lobby, foyer, hotbed, shelter, hostel, focus, home
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noun floor of fireplace
| Español | solera, hornera, plaza |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 부뚜막 buttumak, 난로 nallo |
| 日本語 | 囲炉裏 irori |
| 中文 | 爐床 /炉床 lúchuáng, 爐邊 /炉边 lúbiān |
| Kiswahili | meko |
| Português | lar, lareira |
| Français | âtre, foyer |
| Deutsch | Feuerstelle, Herdboden, Grund, Kaminboden |
| Italiano | focolare |
| Ελληνικά | τζάκι tzáki |
| Română | vatră |
| Русский | оча́г očág, печу́рка pečúrka, под pod |
| Tiếng Việt | nền lò |
| العربية | كانون kānūn |
| עברית | אח akh |
noun part of furnace
| Español | crisol |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Feuerstelle, Gestell n in einem Hochofen |
| Italiano | focolare, letto della fornace |
| Русский | дно dno, под pod, поди́на podína, ле́щадь léščadʹ |
| עברית | קמין kamin, אח akh |
noun home or family life
| Español | patria |
|---|---|
| Português | lar, fogo |
| Français | foyer, foyers |
| Deutsch | Herd, Herdstelle, Kochstelle, Feuerstelle |
| Русский | семе́йный оча́г seméjnyj očág, дома́шний оча́г domášnij očág |
Talk about this word "hearth." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hearth. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hearth. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hearth "hearth." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hearth.Cite this
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title = {hearth},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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