English
Etymology
black ( color of iron ) + smith ( related to smite )
Pronunciation
Noun
blacksmith (plural blacksmiths
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 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. [ …] 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 ) Synonym: farrier 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.
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
Asturian: ferreru m
Azerbaijani: dəmirçi (az)
Basque: errementari
Belarusian: кава́ль m ( kaválʹ )
Bengali: কামার ( kamar )
Breton: gov (br) m
Bulgarian: кова́ч (bg) m ( kováč )
Burmese: ပန်းပဲသမား ( pan:pai:sa.ma: )
Catalan: ferrer (ca) m
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 ( śipe )
Esperanto: forĝisto
Estonian: sepp
Faroese: jarnsmiður m smiður m
Finnish: seppä (fi)
Franco-Provençal: favro m
French: forgeron (fr) m forgeronne (fr) f sidérurgiste (fr) m or f Old French: fevre m
Friulian: fari m
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: ຊ່າງເຫຼັກ ( sāng lek )
Latgalian: kaļvs m
Latin: ferrārius m faber ferrārius m
Latvian: kalējs m kalvis 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 )
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
Sudovian: vutrīs m
Supyire: tunntun
Swahili: mhunzi (sw)
Swedish: smed (sv) c
Tajik: оҳангар (tg) ( ohangar )
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
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)
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 )
— 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
Swedish: hovslagare (sv) c hovslagerska c
Translations to be checked
Verb
blacksmith (third-person singular simple present blacksmiths present participle blacksmithing simple past and past participle blacksmithed
( intransitive ) 