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Etymology

From black (color of forged iron) +‎ smith (related to smite).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈblæk.smɪθ/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

blacksmith (plural blacksmiths)

A person who forges iron.
Synonyms: (Scotland, obsolete, slang) burn-the-wind, ironsmith

Hypernyms: smith, metalsmith, smithy

Hyponyms: bladesmith, swordsmith

Coordinate terms: goldsmith, whitesmith, silversmith, platinumsmith, farrier, forge
- 1640, I. H. [i.e., James Howell], ΔΕΝΔΡΟΛΟΓΊΑ [DENDROLOGIA]. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forrest, London: […] T[homas] B[adger] for H. Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC:
  The blacksmith may forge what Religion he pleases.
- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
  Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. […]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
- 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 214, about Hambleden:
  Close to the hump-backed bridge on the lane leading into the Hambleden Valley is a mid-19th-century smithy, its inside walls hung with tools of the blacksmith's trade, though decorative wrought-ironwork is now the main product from its glowing forge.
(informal) A person who shoes horses.
Synonym: farrier
A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis).

Usage notes

Historically, blacksmiths in small communities have played a number of other roles, including farrier, wainwright and wheelwright. However, blacksmithing properly refers to the forging of iron, and blacksmiths and farriers themselves make the distinction.

Related terms

gunsmith

Translations

iron forger — see also smith

Albanian: hekurpunues (sq) m, farkëtar (sq) m
Arabic: حَدَّاد m (ḥaddād), قَيْن m (qayn)
Egyptian Arabic: حداد m (ḥaddād)
Aragonese: ferrero m, ferrera f
Armenian: դարբին (hy) (darbin)
Aromanian: hirar m, favru m, favur m
Assamese: please add this translation if you can
Asturian: ferreru (ast) m
Azerbaijani: dəmirçi (az)
Basque: errementari
Belarusian: кава́ль m (kaválʹ)
Bengali: কামার (bn) (kamar)
Breton: gov (br) m
Bulgarian: кова́ч (bg) m (kováč)
Burmese: ပန်းပဲသမား (pan:pai:sa.ma:)
Catalan: ferrer (ca) m
Chakma: 𑄇𑄟𑄢𑄴 (kāmār)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鐵匠 / 铁匠 (zh) (tiějiàng)
Czech: kovář (cs) m
Dalmatian: favro m
Danish: smed (da) c
Dutch: smid (nl) m
Erzya: сипе (sipe)
Esperanto: forĝisto
Estonian: sepp
Faroese: jarnsmiður m, smiður m
Finnish: seppä (fi)
Franco-Provençal: favro m
French: forgeron (fr) m, forgeronne (fr) f
Old French: fevre m
Friulian: fari m
Galician: ferreiro (gl) m, ferreira f
Georgian: მჭედელი (mč̣edeli)
German: Eisenschmied (de) m, Eisenschmiedin f, Grobschmied (de) m, Grobschmiedin f
Greek: σιδεράς (el) m (siderás)
Ancient: σιδηρουργός m (sidērourgós)
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Haitian Creole: machòkèt
Hebrew: נַפָּח (he), חָרָשׁ בַּרְזֶל m (ẖarásh barzél)
Hindi: लोहार (hi) m (lohār)
Hungarian: kovács (hu)
Icelandic: járnsmiður m
Ido: forjisto (io)
Indonesian: pandai besi (id), tukang besi (id)
Ingrian: seppä
Irish: gabha m, gabha dubh m
Italian: fabbro ferraio m
Japanese: 鍛冶屋 (ja) (かじや, kajiya)
Javanese: pinter (jv)
Kabuverdianu: fereru
Kannada: please add this translation if you can
Karaim: tiemirči
Kazakh: ұста (kk) (ūsta)
Khmer: ជាងដែក (km) (ciəng daek)
Kikuyu: mũturi class 1
Korean: 대장장이 (ko) (daejangjang'i)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئاسنگەر (asinger)
Kyrgyz: темирчи (ky) (temirci)
Ladin: fever m
Lao: ຊ່າງຕີເຫຼັກ (sāng tī lek)
Latgalian: kaļvs m
Latin: ferrārius m, faber ferrārius m
Latvian: kalējs (lv) m, kalvis (lv) m (poetic)
Lithuanian: kalvis m
Luxembourgish: Schmadd (lb) m
Macedonian: ковач m (kovač)
Malay: tukang besi (ms)
Malayalam: കൊല്ലന് (kollaṉ)
Maltese: ħaddied
Maori: parakimete
Marathi: लोहार (lohār)
Nahuatl: tepozpitzqui
Nepali: लौहकार (lauhakār)
Norman: forgeux m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: smed m, grovsmed m

Nynorsk: smed m, grovsmed m
Occitan: fabre (oc), faure (oc)
Odia: କମାର (or) (kamāra)
Old East Slavic: коваль (kovalĭ)
Old English: īsernsmiþ m
Old Javanese: paṇḍe
Oromo: tumtuu
Pashto: please add this translation if you can
Pennsylvania German: Blaeckschmitt
Persian: آهنگر (fa) (âhangar)
Plautdietsch: Schmett m
Polish: kowal (pl) m
Portuguese: ferreiro (pt) m, ferreira (pt) f, serralheiro (pt) m
Punjabi: ਲੁਹਾਰ m (luhār), ਲੁਹਾਰੀ f (luhārī)
Rohingya: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: fierar (ro) m, faur (ro) m (dated), făurar (ro) m (dated)
Romansch: fravi
Russian: кузне́ц (ru) m (kuznéc), кова́ль (ru) m (koválʹ) (regional)
Sardinian: ferréli, ferreli, ferreri
Scottish Gaelic: gobha m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ко̀ва̄ч m, кова̀чица f

Roman: kòvāč (sh) m, kovàčica (sh) f
Sicilian: firraru m, mastru firraru m
Slovak: kováč (sk) m, kováčka f
Slovene: kovač (sl) m
Somali: tumaal (so)
Spanish: herrero (es) m, herrera (es) f, ferrero m (disused)
Sudovian: vutrīs m
Supyire: tunntun
Swahili: mhunzi (sw), mfua chuma
Swedish: smed (sv) c
Sylheti: please add this translation if you can
Tajik: оҳангар (tg) (ohangar)
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Tarifit: amzir m
Telugu: కమ్మరి (te) (kammari)
Thai: ช่างตีเหล็ก (châang-dtii-lèk)
Tibetan: ལྕགས་བཟོ་བ (lcags bzo ba), མགར་པ (mgar pa)
Turkish: demirci (tr)
Turkmen: demirçi
Ukrainian: кова́ль (uk) m (koválʹ)
Urdu: لوہار m (lohār)
Uzbek: temirchi (uz)
Venetan: favaro m, fravo, feràr
Vietnamese: thợ rèn (vi)
Volapük: (♂♀) grobasmitan, (♂) grobahismitan, (♀) grobajismitan
Welsh: gof (cy)
Yiddish: שמיד m (shmid), קאָוועל m (kovel), קאָוואַל m (koval)

farrier (colloquial) — see also farrier

Armenian: պայտար (hy) (paytar)
Breton: gov (br) m, marichal m
Bulgarian: налба́нтин m (nalbántin)
Czech: podkovář m
Dutch: hoefsmid (nl) m
Finnish: seppä (fi), hevosenkengittäjä (fi)
French: maréchal-ferrant (fr) m, maréchale-ferrante (fr) f
German: Hufschmied (de) m, Hufschmiedin (de) f, Hufner (de) m, Hufnerin f, Hufbeschlagschmied m, Hufbeschlagschmiedin f, Beschlagschmied m, Beschlagschmiedin f
Greek: πεταλωτής (el) m (petalotís)
Italian: maniscalco (it), maniscalca f
Japanese: 鍛冶屋 (ja) (かじや, kajiya), 蹄鉄工 (ja) (ていてつこう, teitesukō)
Luxembourgish: Houfschmadd m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hovslager m

Nynorsk: hovslagar m, hóvslagar m
Polish: kowal (pl) m
Portuguese: ferrador (pt) m, ferradora f
Romanian: potcovar (ro) m
Russian: кузне́ц (ru) m (kuznéc)
Sanskrit: कर्मार (sa) (karmāra)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: поткѝва̄ч m

Roman: potkìvāč (sh) m
Spanish: herrador m, herradora f, ferrador m (disused)
Swedish: hovslagare (sv) c, hovslagerska c

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

Korean: ^{(please verify)} 대장장이 (ko) (daejangjang'i)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} faber ferricus

Verb

blacksmith (third-person singular simple present blacksmiths, present participle blacksmithing, simple past and past participle blacksmithed)

(intransitive) To work as a blacksmith.