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English
Etymology
black for color of iron + smith related to smite
Pronunciation
IPA|/'blæk.smɪθ/, SAMPA|"bl{k.smIT/
audio|en-us-blacksmith.ogg|Audio (US)
Noun
en-noun
- A person who forges iron.
- colloquial A person who shoes horses (properly a farrier).
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.
See also
blacksmithing
smith
smithy
goldsmith
whitesmith
silversmith
platinumsmith
farrier
forge
Translations
rfc-level|Translations at L4+ not in L3 POS section
trans-top|iron forger
Arabic: KUchar|Øداد
Bosnian: kova�#Bosnian|kova� m
Breton: gov m
Chinese traditional/simplified: é�µå� ,é��å� (tiÄ� jià ng)
Croatian: kova�#Croatian|kova� m
Czech: ková� m
Dutch: smid m
Finnish: seppä
French: forgeron m, sidérurgiste m
German: Schmied m
Greek: �ιδε�ά� m? (sithairás), �ιδη�ο��γ�� m (siderourgós)
Indonesian: pandai besi
Italian: fabbro ferraio m
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Japanese: �治� (���, kajiya)
Kurdish: KUchar|ئاس�گ��ر
Malayalam: ��ല�ലന�� (kollan)
Maltese: ħaddied
Polish: t|pl|kowal|m
Portuguese: ferreiro m
Russian: к�зне� (kuznéts) m
Romanian: fierar m
Scottish Gaelic: gobha m
Serbian:
Spanish: herrero m, herrera f
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trans-top|farrier (colloquial)
Bosnian: potkiva�#Bosnian|potkiva� m
Breton: gov m, marichal m
Chinese tradtional/simiplified: è¹�é�µå� , è¹�é��å� (tà tiÄ� jià ng)
Czech: podková� m
Dutch: hoefsmid m
Finnish: hevosenkengittäjä
French: maréchal-ferrant m
German: Hufschmied m
trans-mid
Japanese: ��� (���, kajiya), ��工 (������, teitesuk�)
Polish: t|pl|kowal|m
Romanian: potcovar m
Serbian:
Spanish: herrador m}
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ttbc|Korean: ���� (daejangjangi)
ttbc|Latin: faber ferricus
ttbc|Slovak: ková� m, ková�ka f
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