English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] black ( color of iron ) + smith ( related to smite )
Pronunciation [ edit ] blacksmith (plural blacksmiths
A person who forges iron.
James Howell (c.1594–1666)
The blacksmith may forge what he pleases.
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. [ …] blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
( informal ) A person who shoes horses; a farrier .A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis Usage notes [ edit ] 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.
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iron forger
— See also translations at smith
Albanian: farkëtar (sq)
Arabic: حَدَّاد m ( ḥaddād ) , قَيْن m ( qayn )
Aragonese: ferrero m ferrera f
Armenian: դարբին (hy) ( darbin )
Aromanian: hirar m favru m favur m
Asturian: ferreru m
Azerbaijani: dəmirçi (az)
Basque: errementari
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 (da) 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 ferreira f
Georgian: მჭედელი ( mč̣edeli )
German: Eisenschmied m Eisenschmiedin f Grobschmied m Grobschmiedin f
Greek: σιδεράς (el) m ( siderás )
Ancient: σιδηρουργός m ( sidērourgós )
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: נַפָּח (he)
Hindi: लोहार (hi) m ( lohār )
Hungarian: kovács (hu)
Icelandic: járnsmiður m
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)
Kabuverdianu: fereru
Kannada: please add this translation if you can
Kazakh: ұста (kk) ( usta )
Khmer: ជាងដែក (km) ( cieng daek )
Korean: 대장장이 (ko) ( daejangjang-i )
Kurdish:
Sorani: ئاسنگهر (ku) ( asinger )
Kyrgyz: темирчи (ky) ( temirçi )
Ladin: fever m
Lao: ຊ່າງເຫຼັກ ( sāng lek )
Latgalian: kaļvs m
Latin: ferrārius m faber ferrārius m
Latvian: kalējs (lv) m kalvis m ( poetic )
Lithuanian: kalvis m
Luxembourgish: Schmadd m
Macedonian: ковач m ( kovač )
Malay: tukang besi
Malayalam: കൊല്ലന് ( kollan )
Maltese: ħaddied
Maori: parakimete
Marathi: लोहार ( lohāra )
Nahuatl: tepozpitzqui
Nepali: please add this translation if you can
Norman: forgeux m
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
Pennsylvania German: Blaeckschmitt
Persian: آهنگر (fa) ( âhangar )
Polish: kowal (pl) m
Portuguese: ferreiro (pt) m ferreira (pt) f
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: ко̀ва̄ч m кова̀чица f
Roman: kòvāč (sh) m kovàčica (sh) f
Sicilian: firraru m
Slovak: kováč (sk) m kováčka f
Slovene: kovač (sl) m
Spanish: herrero (es) m herrera (es) f
Sudovian: vutrīs m
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 )
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)
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 ) 鐵匠 (zh) (please verify ) 铁匠 (zh) ( títiējiàng )
Czech: podkovář m
Dutch: hoefsmid (nl) m
Finnish: seppä (fi) , hevosenkengittäjä (fi)
French: maréchal-ferrant (fr) m maréchale-ferrante f
German: Hufschmied (de) m Hufschmiedin 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
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