Standard Lemma guide

blacksmith

name · noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • /ˈblæk.smɪθ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: B L AE1 K S M IH2 TH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname originating as an occupation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person who forges iron.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ironsmith, burn-the-wind

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: smith, metalsmith, smithy

3

noun

Meaning 3

A person who shoes horses.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: farrier

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A blackish fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis punctipinnis).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

To work as a blacksmith.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

a smith who forges and shapes iron with a hammer and anvil

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: smith, metalworker

Narrower terms: farrier, horseshoer

History

Etymology

From blacksmith.

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

Across languages

Translations

211 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: hekurpunues — iron forger — see also smith
  • Albanian: farkëtar — iron forger — see also smith
  • Arabic: حَدَّاد (ḥaddād) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Arabic: قَيْن (qayn) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Arabic: حداد (ḥaddād) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Aragonese: ferrero — iron forger — see also smith
  • Aragonese: ferrera — iron forger — see also smith
  • Armenian: դարբին (darbin) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Aromanian: hirar — iron forger — see also smith
  • Aromanian: favru — iron forger — see also smith
  • Aromanian: favur — iron forger — see also smith
  • Asturian: ferreru — iron forger — see also smith
  • Azerbaijani: dəmirçi — iron forger — see also smith
  • Basque: errementari — iron forger — see also smith
  • Belarusian: кава́ль (kaválʹ) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Bengali: কামার (kamar) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Breton: gov — iron forger — see also smith
  • Bulgarian: кова́ч (kováč) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Burmese: ပန်းပဲသမား (pan:pai:sa.ma:) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Catalan: ferrer — iron forger — see also smith
  • Chakma: 𑄇𑄟𑄢𑄴 (kāmār) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鐵匠 /铁匠 (tiějiàng) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Czech: kovář — iron forger — see also smith
  • Dalmatian: favro — iron forger — see also smith
  • Danish: smed — iron forger — see also smith
  • Dutch: smid — iron forger — see also smith
  • Erzya: сипе (sipe) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Esperanto: forĝisto — iron forger — see also smith
  • Estonian: sepp — iron forger — see also smith
  • Faroese: jarnsmiður — iron forger — see also smith
  • Faroese: smiður — iron forger — see also smith
  • Finnish: seppä — iron forger — see also smith
  • Franco-Provençal: favro — iron forger — see also smith
  • French: forgeron — iron forger — see also smith
  • French: forgeronne — iron forger — see also smith
  • Old French: fevre — iron forger — see also smith
  • Friulian: fari — iron forger — see also smith
  • Fur: mɨɨr — iron forger — see also smith
  • Galician: ferreiro — iron forger — see also smith
  • Galician: ferreira — iron forger — see also smith
  • Georgian: მჭედელი (mč̣edeli) — iron forger — see also smith
  • German: Eisenschmied — iron forger — see also smith
  • German: Eisenschmiedin — iron forger — see also smith
  • German: Grobschmied — iron forger — see also smith
  • German: Grobschmiedin — iron forger — see also smith
  • Greek: σιδεράς (siderás) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Ancient Greek: σιδηρουργός (sidērourgós) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Gujarati: લુહાર (luhār) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Haitian Creole: machòkèt — iron forger — see also smith
  • Hawaiian: kuʻihao — iron forger — see also smith
  • Hebrew: נַפָּח (napákh) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Hebrew: חָרָשׁ בַּרְזֶל (kharásh barzél) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Hindi: लोहार (lohār) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Hungarian: kovács — iron forger — see also smith
  • Icelandic: járnsmiður — iron forger — see also smith
  • Ido: forjisto — iron forger — see also smith
  • Indonesian: pandai besi — iron forger — see also smith
  • Indonesian: tukang besi — iron forger — see also smith
  • Ingrian: seppä — iron forger — see also smith
  • Irish: gabha — iron forger — see also smith
  • Irish: gabha dubh — iron forger — see also smith
  • Italian: fabbro ferraio — iron forger — see also smith
  • Japanese: 鍛冶屋 (kajiya) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Javanese: pinter — iron forger — see also smith
  • Old Javanese: paṇḍe — iron forger — see also smith
  • Kabuverdianu: fereru — iron forger — see also smith
  • Karaim: tiemirči — iron forger — see also smith
  • Kazakh: ұста (ūsta) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Khmer: ជាងដែក (ciəng daek) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Kikuyu: mũturi — iron forger — see also smith
  • Korean: 대장장이 (daejangjang'i) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Central Kurdish: ئاسنگەر (asinger) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Kyrgyz: темирчи (temirci) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Ladin: fever — iron forger — see also smith
  • Lao: ຊ່າງຕີເຫຼັກ (sāng tī lek) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Latgalian: kaļvs — iron forger — see also smith
  • Latin: ferrārius — iron forger — see also smith
  • Latin: faber ferrārius — iron forger — see also smith
  • Latvian: kalējs — iron forger — see also smith
  • Latvian: kalvis — iron forger — see also smith
  • Lithuanian: kalvis — iron forger — see also smith
  • Lutuv: susapa — iron forger — see also smith
  • Luxembourgish: Schmadd — iron forger — see also smith
  • Macedonian: ковач (kovač) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Malay: tukang besi — iron forger — see also smith
  • Malay: pandai besi — iron forger — see also smith
  • Malayalam: കൊല്ലന് (kollaṉ) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Maltese: ħaddied — iron forger — see also smith
  • Māori: parakimete — iron forger — see also smith
  • Marathi: लोहार (lohār) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Nahuatl: tepozpitzqui — iron forger — see also smith
  • Nepali: लौहकार (lauhakār) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Norman: forgeux — iron forger — see also smith
  • Norwegian Bokmål: smed — iron forger — see also smith
  • Norwegian Bokmål: grovsmed — iron forger — see also smith
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: smed — iron forger — see also smith
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: grovsmed — iron forger — see also smith
  • Occitan: fabre — iron forger — see also smith
  • Occitan: faure — iron forger — see also smith
  • Odia: କମାର (kamāra) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Old East Slavic: коваль (kovalĭ) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Old English: īsernsmiþ — iron forger — see also smith
  • Oromo: tumtuu — iron forger — see also smith
  • Pennsylvania German: Blaeckschmitt — iron forger — see also smith
  • Iranian Persian: آهَنْگَر (âhangar) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Plautdietsch: Schmett — iron forger — see also smith
  • Polish: kowal — iron forger — see also smith
  • Portuguese: ferreiro — iron forger — see also smith
  • Portuguese: ferreira — iron forger — see also smith
  • Portuguese: serralheiro — iron forger — see also smith
  • Punjabi: ਲੁਹਾਰ (luhār) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Punjabi: ਲੁਹਾਰੀ (luhārī) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Romanian: fierar — iron forger — see also smith
  • Romanian: faur — iron forger — see also smith
  • Romanian: făurar — iron forger — see also smith
  • Romansh: fravi — iron forger — see also smith
  • Russian: кузне́ц (kuznéc) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Russian: кова́ль (koválʹ) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Sardinian: ferréli — iron forger — see also smith
  • Sardinian: ferreli — iron forger — see also smith
  • Sardinian: ferreri — iron forger — see also smith
  • Scottish Gaelic: gobha — iron forger — see also smith
  • Senoufo Supyire: tunntun — iron forger — see also smith
  • Serbo-Croatian: ко̀ва̄ч — iron forger — see also smith
  • Serbo-Croatian: кова̀чица — iron forger — see also smith
  • Serbo-Croatian: kòvāč — iron forger — see also smith
  • Serbo-Croatian: kovàčica — iron forger — see also smith
  • Sicilian: firraru — iron forger — see also smith
  • Sicilian: mastru firraru — iron forger — see also smith
  • Sikkimese: མགར་པོ (mgar po) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Sikkimese: ལྕགས་མགར (lcags mgar) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Slovak: kováč — iron forger — see also smith
  • Slovak: kováčka — iron forger — see also smith
  • Slovene: kovač — iron forger — see also smith
  • Somali: tumaal — iron forger — see also smith
  • Spanish: herrero — iron forger — see also smith
  • Spanish: herrera — iron forger — see also smith
  • Spanish: ferrero (disused) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Sudovian: vutrīs — iron forger — see also smith
  • Swahili: mhunzi — iron forger — see also smith
  • Swahili: mfua chuma — iron forger — see also smith
  • Swedish: smed — iron forger — see also smith
  • Tajik: оҳангар (ohangar) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Tamil: கொல்லன் (kollaṉ) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Tamil: கருமான் (karumāṉ) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Tamil: கன்னான் (kaṉṉāṉ) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Tamil: கருங்கொல்லன் (karuṅkollaṉ) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Tarifit: amzir — iron forger — see also smith
  • Telugu: కమ్మరి (kammari) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Tewa: tsiyópâa — iron forger — see also smith
  • Thai: ช่างตีเหล็ก (châang-dtii-lèk) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Tibetan: ལྕགས་བཟོ་བ (lcags bzo ba) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Tibetan: མགར་པ (mgar pa) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Turkish: demirci — iron forger — see also smith
  • Turkmen: demirçi — iron forger — see also smith
  • Ukrainian: кова́ль (koválʹ) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Urdu: لوہار (lohār) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Uzbek: temirchi — iron forger — see also smith
  • Venetan: favaro — iron forger — see also smith
  • Venetan: fravo — iron forger — see also smith
  • Venetan: feràr — iron forger — see also smith
  • Vietnamese: thợ rèn — iron forger — see also smith
  • Volapük: grobasmitan — iron forger — see also smith
  • Volapük: grobahismitan — iron forger — see also smith
  • Volapük: grobajismitan — iron forger — see also smith
  • Welsh: gof — iron forger — see also smith
  • Yiddish: שמיד (shmid) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Yiddish: קאָוועל (kovel) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Yiddish: קאָוואַל (koval) — iron forger — see also smith
  • Yucatec Maya: meyaj máaskab — iron forger — see also smith
  • Yucatec Maya: meen máaskab — iron forger — see also smith
  • Armenian: պայտար (paytar) — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Breton: gov — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Breton: marichal — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Bulgarian: налба́нтин (nalbántin) — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Czech: podkovář — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Dutch: hoefsmid — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Finnish: seppä — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Finnish: hevosenkengittäjä — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • French: maréchal-ferrant — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • French: maréchale-ferrante — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • German: Hufschmied — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • German: Hufschmiedin — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • German: Hufner — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • German: Hufnerin — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • German: Hufbeschlagschmied — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • German: Hufbeschlagschmiedin — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • German: Beschlagschmied — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • German: Beschlagschmiedin — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Greek: πεταλωτής (petalotís) — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Italian: maniscalco — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Italian: maniscalca — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Japanese: 鍛冶屋 (kajiya) — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Japanese: 蹄鉄工 (teitesukō) — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Luxembourgish: Houfschmadd — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hovslager — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hovslagar — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hóvslagar — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Polish: kowal — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Portuguese: ferrador — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Portuguese: ferradora — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Romanian: potcovar — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Russian: кузне́ц (kuznéc) — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Sanskrit: कर्मार (karmāra) — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Serbo-Croatian: поткѝва̄ч — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Serbo-Croatian: potkìvāč — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Spanish: herrador — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Spanish: herradora — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Spanish: ferrador (disused) — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Swedish: hovslagare — farrier (''colloquial'')
  • Swedish: hovslagerska — farrier (''colloquial'')
Real reading context

blacksmith in complete knowledge articles