farrier

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æriə(r)

Etymology

From Old French ferrier, from Latin ferrarius, from ferrum (“iron”).

Noun

farrier (plural farriers)

1. A person who maintains the health and balance of the horse's feet through the trimming of the hoof and placement of horseshoes.

Derived terms

• farriery

Translations

person who trims and shoes horses' hooves

• Arabic: بيطار (bayṭār) m
• Armenian: պայտար (hy) (paytar), նալբանդ (hy) (nalband)
• Bulgarian: налбантин (bg) (nalbantin) m
• Czech: podkovář (cs) m
• Danish: beslagsmed (da) c
• Dutch: hoefsmid (nl) m
• Estonian: hobuserautaja (et)
• Finnish: hevosenkengittäjä (fi)
• French: maréchal-ferrant (fr) m
• German: Hufschmied (de) m, Hufschmiedin (de) f
• Greek: πεταλωτής (el) (petalotís) m
• Hebrew: פרזול סוסים (he)

• Icelandic: járningamaður (is) m
• Italian: maniscalco (it) m
• Japanese: 装蹄師 (ja) (そうていし, sōteishi)
• Norwegian: hovslager (no)
• Persian: نعلبند (fa) (nalband)
• Polish: podkuwacz (pl) m
• Russian: кузнец (ru) (kuznéts) m
• Spanish: herrador (es) m
• Swedish: hovslagare (sv) c
• Turkish: nalbant (tr)
• Volapük: (male or female) safaferan (vo), (male) hisafaferan (vo), (female) jisafaferan (vo)

Verb

farrier (third-person singular simple present farriers, present participle farriering, simple past and past participle farriered)

1. (intransitive) To practise as a farrier; to carry on the trade of a farrier.

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