hearth

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Etymology

From Middle English herth(e), from Old English heorþ, from Proto-Germanic *herþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ker- (“heat; fire”). Cognate with West Frisian hurd, Dutch haard, German Herd, Swedish härd.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /hɑːθ/
• (US) IPA: /hɑːɹθ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)θ

Noun

hearth (plural hearths)

1. A brick, stone or cement floor to a fireplace or oven.
   • 1907, Robert Chambers, chapter 3, The Younger Set^[1]:

     When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped ; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, and her pretty little Alsatian maid beside her, laying a log across the andirons.

2. An open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire may be built.
3. The lowest part of a metallurgical furnace.
4. A symbol for home or family life.
5. (paganism) A household or group following the modern pagan faith of Heathenry.

Derived terms

• hearth and home
• hearthrug
• hearthstone

Translations

Floor of fireplace

• Armenian: օջախ (hy) (òǰax)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 爐床 (cmn), 炉床 (cmn) (lúchuáng), 爐邊 (cmn), 炉边 (cmn) (lúbiān)

• Dutch: haard (nl) m
• French: foyer (fr) m
• German: Feuerstelle (de) f, Herdboden (de) m
• Greek: τζάκι (el) (tzáki) n, δάπεδο τζακιού (el) (dápedo tzakioú) n
• Hebrew: אח (he) (akh) m
• Italian: focolare (it) m
• Japanese: 囲炉裏 (ja) (いろり, irori)

• Jèrriais: fouoyi m
• Korean: 부뚜막 (ko) (buttumag), 난로 (ko) (nallo) (煖爐 (ko))
• Old English: heorþ (ang) m
• Polish: palenisko m
• Portuguese: lar (pt) m
• Russian: очаг (ru) (očág) m, печурка (ru) (pečúrka) f, под (ru) (pod) m
• Spanish: hogar (es) m
• Swahili: meko (sw)
• Swedish: härd (sv)

Recess

• Catalan: llar
• Esperanto: fajrejo (eo)
• German: Feuerstelle (de) f, Herd (de) m
• Japanese: 暖炉 (ja) (だんろ, danro)
• Korean: 벽난로 (ko) (byeoknanno) (壁煖爐 (ko))

• Polish: kominek (pl) m
• Russian: камин (ru) (kamín) m
• Spanish: hogar (es)
• Swedish: härd (sv)
• Zazaki: zerre f

Part of furnace

• German: Feuerstelle (de) f, Gestell (de) n in einem Hochofen (de) n
• Italian: focolare (it) m
• Russian: дно (ru) (dno) n, под (ru) (pod) m, подина (ru) (podína) f, лещадь (ru) (léščadʹ) f

• Spanish: crisol (es)
• Swedish: härd (sv)

Symbol

• Armenian: օջախ (hy) (òǰax)
• Catalan: llar (ca) f
• French: foyer (fr) m, foyers (fr) m pl
• German: Herd (de) m
• Italian: focolare domestico m

• Jèrriais: fouoyi m
• Polish: ognisko domowe
• Russian: семейный очаг (ru) (seméjnyj očág) m, домашний очаг (ru) (domášnij očág) m
• Spanish: hogar (es) m
• Swedish: härd (sv)

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Translations to be checked

• Mandarin: 壁爐邊, 壁炉边

• Romanian: vatră

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