hearth

English

Etymology

From Middle English herth, herthe, 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

• IPA^(key): /hɑːθ/
• IPA^(key): /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.
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     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 brazier, chafing dish, or firebox.
5. (figurative) Home or family life.
6. (paganism) A household or group following the modern pagan faith of Heathenry.

Synonyms

• (open recess at the base of a chimney where a fire may be built): fireplace

Derived terms

• hearth and home
• hearthflame
• hearthful
• hearthless
• hearthlike
• hearthrug
• hearthside
• hearthstead
• hearthstone
• hearth tax
• hearthward

Translations

floor of fireplace

• Armenian: օջախ (hy) (ōǰax)
• Belarusian: ача́г m (ačáh), гарно́ n (harnó)
• Breton: oaled (br) f
• Bulgarian: огнище (bg) n (ognište)
• Catalan: llar (ca) f, llar de foc (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 爐床／炉床 (zh) (lúchuáng), 炉床 (zh) (lúchuáng), 爐邊／炉边 (zh) (lúbiān), 炉边 (zh) (lúbiān)

• Cornish: oles f
• Dutch: haard (nl) m
• Finnish: tulipesän pohja
• French: âtre (fr) m, foyer (fr) m
• Friulian: fogolâr m
• Galician: lar (gl) m, lareira (gl) f
• Georgian: კერა (ka) (ḳera)
• German: Feuerstelle (de) f, Herdboden m
• Greek: τζάκι (el) n (tzáki)

  Ancient: ἐσχάρα f (eskhára)

• Hebrew: אח (he) m (akh)
• Indonesian: perapian (id)
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• Italian: focolare (it) m
• Japanese: 囲炉裏 (ja) (いろり, irori)
• Korean: 부뚜막 (ko) (buttumak), 난로 (ko) (nallo) (煖爐 (ko))
• Latin: focus m
• Norman: fouoyi m
• Norwegian: herd (no)
• Old English: heorþ m
• Persian: گلخن (fa) (golxan), اجاق (fa) (ojāq)
• Polish: palenisko (pl) m
• Portuguese: lar (pt) m
• Romanian: vatră (ro) f
• Russian: оча́г (ru) m (očág), печу́рка (ru) f (pečúrka), под (ru) m (pod)
• Spanish: hogar (es) m, lar (es) m, solera (es) f, fogón m
• Swahili: meko (sw)
• Swedish: härd (sv)
• Turkish: ocak (tr)
• Ukrainian: во́гнище (uk) n (vóhnyšče)
• Venetian: fogołaro m
• Welsh: aelwyd f

recess

• Bulgarian: камина f (kamina)
• Catalan: llar (ca)
• Esperanto: fajrejo
• Finnish: tulipesä (fi)
• French: âtre (fr) m
• German: Feuerstelle (de) f, Herd (de) m
• Ido: herdo (io)
• Italian: focolare (it)
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• Japanese: 暖炉 (だんろ, danro)
• Korean: 벽난로 (ko) (byeongnallo) (壁煖爐 (ko))
• Polish: kominek (pl) m
• Portuguese: lareira (pt)
• Russian: ками́н (ru) m (kamín)
• Spanish: hogar (es)
• Swedish: härd (sv), eldstad (sv) c
• Zazaki: zerre f

part of furnace

• Finnish: pesä (fi)
• German: Feuerstelle (de) f, Gestell (de) n in einem Hochofen (de) n
• Italian: focolare (it) m, letto della fornace
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• Russian: дно (ru) n (dno), под (ru) m (pod), поди́на (ru) f (podína), ле́щадь (ru) f (léščadʹ)
• Spanish: crisol (es)
• Swedish: härd (sv)

home or family life

• Armenian: օջախ (hy) (ōǰax)
• Catalan: llar (ca) f
• Czech: rodinný krb m, domácí krb
• Finnish: kotiliesi
• French: foyer (fr) m, foyers (fr) m pl
• Galician: fogar (gl) m, lar (gl) m
• German: Herd (de) m
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} focolare domestico m
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• Latin: focus m
• Norman: fouoyi m
• Polish: ognisko domowe (pl) n
• Portuguese: lar (pt) m, fogo (pt) m
• Russian: семе́йный оча́г (ru) m (seméjnyj očág), дома́шний оча́г m (domášnij očág)
• Spanish: hogar (es) m, llar m, patria (es) f (of a nation)
• Swedish: härd (sv)
• Turkish: ocak (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 壁爐邊／壁炉边, ^{(please verify)} 壁炉边
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• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} vatră (ro)

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