forger

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)dʒə(r)

Etymology

to forge + -er

Noun

Wikipedia ^enforger (plural forgers)

1. Person who falsifies documents with intent to defraud, eg, to create a false will.
2. Person who forges metals.

Related terms

• forgery

Translations

Person who falsifies documents with intent to defraud, eg, to create a false will.

• Czech: padělatel (cs) m
• Danish: forfalsker (da) c
• Dutch: vervalser (nl) m
• Finnish: väärentäjä (fi)
• French: faussaire (fr) m
• German: Fälscher (de) m, Fälscherin (de) f

• Hungarian: hamisító (hu)
• Italian: falsario (it) m
• Korean: 위조자 (ko)
• Polish: fałszerz (pl)
• Spanish: falsificador (es) m, falsificadora (es) f

Person who forges metals.

• Finnish: väärentäjä (fi)
• French: forgeron (fr) m
• Latgalian: kaļvs m

• Latvian: kalējs (lv) m
• Spanish: forjador (es) m

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French

Etymology

From Old French forger, forgier, from Latin fabricāre, present active infinitive of fabricō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

forger

1. to forge
2. (figuratively) to forge, to conceive

Conjugation

• This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written forge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

   Conjugation of forger (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		forger			avoir forgé
gerund		en forgeant			en ayant forgé
present participle		forgeant
past participle		forgé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	forge	forges	forge	forgeons	forgez	forgent
	imperfect	forgeais	forgeais	forgeait	forgions	forgiez	forgeaient
	past historic1	forgeai	forgeas	forgea	forgeâmes	forgeâtes	forgèrent
	future	forgerai	forgeras	forgera	forgerons	forgerez	forgeront
	conditional	forgerais	forgerais	forgerait	forgerions	forgeriez	forgeraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	forge	forges	forge	forgions	forgiez	forgent
	imperfect1	forgeasse	forgeasses	forgeât	forgeassions	forgeassiez	forgeassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	forge	—	forgeons	forgez	—
1literary tenses

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin fabrico.

Verb

forger

1. Alternative form of forgier.

Conjugation

• This verb is part of an group of -er verbs, for which ‘g’ is softened to a ‘j’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’ to keep the /dʒ/ sound in tact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of forger (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		forger			avoir forgé, forgez
gerund		en forjant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		forjant
past participle		forgé, forgez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	forge	forges	forge	forjons	forgez, forgés	forgent
	imperfect	forjoe, forgeie, forjoie	forjoes, forgeies, forjoies	forjot, forgeit, forjoit	forgions, forgiions	forgiez, forgiiez	forjoent, forgient, forjoient
	past historic	forja	forjas	forja	forjames	forjastes	forgerent
	future	forgerai	forgeras	forgera	forgerons	forgerez, forgereiz	forgeront
	conditional	forgeroe, forgereie, forgeroie	forgeroes, forgereied, forgeroied	forgerot, forgereie, forgeroie	forgerions, forgeriions	forgeriez, forgeriiez	forgeroent, forgereient, forgeroient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	forge	forges	forge	forjons	forgez	forgent
	imperfect	forjasse	forjasses	forjast	forgissons	forgissez, forgissiez	forjassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	forge	—	forjons	forgez	—