blacksmith

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Etymology

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

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblæk.smɪθ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

blacksmith (plural blacksmiths)

1. 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.

2. (informal) A person who shoes horses.

   Synonym: farrier

3. 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 (śipe) 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 Sudovian: vutrīs m Supyire: tunntun Swahili: mhunzi (sw) 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 Swedish: hovslagare (sv) c, hovslagerska c

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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)

1. (intransitive) To work as a blacksmith.