English Online Dictionary. What means forth? What does forth mean?
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɔːθ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /fɔɹθ/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /fo(ː)ɹθ/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /foəθ/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)θ
- Homophone: fourth
Etymology 1
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.
Adverb
forth (not comparable)
- (formal, archaic) Forward in time, place or degree.
- 1709-1725, John Strype, Annals of the Reformation in England:
- say forth
- (formal, archaic) Out into view; from a particular place or position.
- (obsolete) Beyond a (certain) boundary; away; abroad; out.
Synonyms
- fromward
Derived terms
Translations
Preposition
forth
- (obsolete) Forth from; out of.
Etymology 2
From fourth; compare forty.
Adjective
forth
- Misspelling of fourth.
Noun
forth
- Misspelling of fourth.
Anagrams
- froth
Old Saxon
Alternative forms
- forð
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *furþą, from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥to-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔrθ/
Adverb
forth
- forwards, forth; onward
Preposition
forth
- forward to, up to
Descendants
- Middle Low German: fort, vort
- German Low German: foort
- → Danish: fort
- → Norwegian: fort
- → Swedish: fort