blacksmith

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Etymology

black ‎(color of iron) +‎ smith ‎(related to smite)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈblæk.smɪθ/

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Noun

blacksmith ‎(plural blacksmiths)

1. A person who forges iron.
   • James Howell (c.1594–1666)

     The blacksmith may forge what he pleases.

   • 1879, Richard Jefferies, The Amateur Poacher, chapterII:

     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; a farrier.
3. A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis or Heliastes 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.

Synonyms

• ironsmith

Hypernyms

• smith, metalsmith
• smithy

Coordinate terms

• goldsmith, whitesmith, silversmith, platinumsmith, farrier, forge

Translations

iron forger — See also translations at : smith

Albanian: farkëtar (sq) Arabic: حَدَّاد m ‎(ḥaddād) Aragonese: please add this translation if you can Armenian: դարբին (hy) ‎(darbin) Aromanian: hirar m, favru m, favur m Asturian: ferreru m Azeri: dəmirçi (az) Belarusian: кава́ль m ‎(kaválʹ) Bengali: কামার ‎(kamar) Breton: gov (br) m Bulgarian: ковач (bg) m ‎(kovač) Burmese: ပန်းပဲသမား ‎(pan:pai:sa.ma:) Catalan: ferrer m Chinese: Mandarin: 鐵匠 (zh), 铁匠 (zh) ‎(tiējiàng) Czech: kovář (cs) m Dalmatian: favro m Danish: smed c Dutch: smid (nl) m Erzya: сипе ‎(sipe) Esperanto: forĝisto Estonian: sepp Faroese: jarnsmiður m, smiður m Finnish: seppä (fi) French: forgeron (fr) m, forgeronne (fr) f, sidérurgiste (fr) m, f Friulian: fari m Galician: ferreiro (gl) m Georgian: მჭედელი ‎(mč̣edeli) German: Eisenschmied m, Grobschmied m, Grobschmiedin f Greek: σιδεράς (el) m ‎(siderás), σιδηρουργός (el) m ‎(sidirourgós) Gujarati: please add this translation if you can Hebrew: please add this translation if you can Hindi: लोहार (hi) ‎(lohār) Hungarian: kovács (hu) Icelandic: járnsmiður Ido: forjisto (io) Indonesian: pandai besi (id), tukang besi (id) Irish: gabha m, gabha dubh m Italian: fabbro ferraio m Japanese: 鍛冶屋 (ja) ‎(かじや, kajiya) Norman: forgeux m Kannada: please add this translation if you can Kazakh: ұста (kk) ‎(usta) Khmer: ជាងដែក (km) ‎(cieng daek) Korean: 대장장이 (ko) ‎(daejangjangi) Kurdish: Sorani: ئاسنگه‌ر ‎(asinger) Kyrgyz: темирчи (ky) ‎(temirçi) Lao: ຊ່າງເຫຼັກ ‎(sāng lek) Latgalian: kaļvs m

Latin: ferrarius m, faber ferrarius m Latvian: kalvis (lv) m, kalējs (lv) m Lithuanian: kalvis m Luxembourgish: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: ковач m ‎(kovač) Malay: tukang besi Malayalam: കൊല്ലന്‍ ‎(kollan‍) Maltese: ħaddied Maori: parakimete Marathi: लोहार ‎(lohāra) Nepali: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: smed m, grovsmed m Nynorsk: smed m, grovsmed m Occitan: fabre (oc), faure (oc) Old East Slavic: коваль ‎(kovalĭ) Oriya: କମାର (or) ‎(kamāra) Pashto: please add this translation if you can Persian: آهنگر (fa) ‎(âhangar) Polish: kowal (pl) m Portuguese: ferreiro (pt) m Punjabi: ਲੁਹਾਰ m ‎(luhār), ਲੁਹਾਰੀ f ‎(luhārī) Romanian: fierar (ro) m, faur (ro) m (dated), făurar (ro) m (dated) Romansch: please add this translation if you can Russian: кузне́ц (ru) m ‎(kuznéc), кова́ль (ru) m ‎(koválʹ) (regional) Sardinian: ferréli, ferreli, ferreri Scottish Gaelic: gobha m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ковач m, кова̀чица f Roman: kovač (sh) m, kovàčica (sh) f Sicilian: firraru m Slovak: kováč m, kováčka f Slovene: kovač (sl) m Spanish: herrero (es) m, herrera (es) f Supyire: tunntun Swahili: mhunzi (sw) Swedish: smed (sv) c Tajik: оҳангар (tg) ‎(ohangar) Tamil: please add this translation if you can Telugu: కమ్మరి (te) ‎(kammari) Thai: ช่างตีเหล็ก ‎(châang dtee lèk) Turkish: demirci (tr) Turkmen: demirçi Ukrainian: кова́ль (uk) m ‎(koválʹ) Urdu: لوہار m ‎(lohār) Uzbek: temirchi (uz) Venetian: 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)

• Armenian: պայտար (hy) ‎(paytar)
• Breton: gov (br) m, marichal m
• Bulgarian: налбантин m ‎(nalbantin)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 蹄鐵匠, ^{(please verify)} 蹄铁匠 ‎(títiējiàng)

• Czech: podkovář m
• Dutch: hoefsmid (nl) m
• Finnish: seppä (fi), hevosenkengittäjä
• French: maréchal-ferrant (fr) m
• German: Hufschmied (de) m, Hufschmiedin f
• Greek: πεταλωτής (el) m ‎(petalotís)

• Italian: maniscalco (it)
• Japanese: 鍛冶屋 (ja) ‎(かじや, kajiya), 蹄鉄工 (ja) ‎(ていてつこう, teitesukō)
• Luxembourgish: Houfschmadd m
• Polish: kowal (pl) m
• Portuguese: ferrador (pt) m
• Romanian: potcovar (ro) m
• Russian: кузне́ц (ru) m ‎(kuznéc)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: поткивач m

  Roman: potkivač (sh) m

• Spanish: herrador m

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• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 대장장이 (ko) ‎(daejangjangi)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} faber ferricus