blacksmith

See also: Blacksmith

English

Etymology

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

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.

   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 214, about Hambleden:

     Close to the hump-backed bridge on the lane leading into the Hambleden Valley is a mid-19th-century smithy, its inside walls hung with tools of the blacksmith's trade, though decorative wrought-ironwork is now the main product from its glowing forge.

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 (sipe)
• 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
• Fur: mɨɨr
• 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 (disused)
• Sudovian: vutrīs m
• Supyire: tunntun
• Swahili: mhunzi (sw), mfua chuma
• Swedish: smed (sv) c
• Sylheti: please add this translation if you can
• Tajik: оҳангар (tg) (ohangar)
• Tamil: கொல்லன் (ta) (kollaṉ), கருமான் (ta) (karumāṉ), கன்னான் (ta) (kaṉṉāṉ), கருங்கொல்லன் (ta) (karuṅkollaṉ)
• 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 (disused)
• Swedish: hovslagare (sv) c, hovslagerska c

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Translations to be checked

• 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.