Standard Lemma guide

farrier

name · noun · verb · 4 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

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfæɹi.ə/
  • General-American: /ˈfɛɹi.ɚ/
  • /ˈfæɹi.ɚ/ rhotic, without the Mary–marry–merry merger
  • rhymes with -æɹiə(ɹ)
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: F EH1 R IY0 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname originating as an occupation for someone who was a farrier.

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 maintains the health and balance of horses' feet through the trimming of the hoofs and fitting of horseshoes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To practise as a farrier; to carry on the trade of a farrier.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a person who shoes horses

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: horseshoer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: blacksmith

History

Etymology

English occupational surname, see Ferrier. Also a variant of Farrar.

Borrowed from Middle French ferrier, from Old French ferrier, from Latin ferrārius, from ferrum (“iron”).

Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: mbathtar — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Albanian: nallban — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Arabic: بَيْطَار (bayṭār) — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Armenian: պայտար (paytar) — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Armenian: նալբանդ (nalband) — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Azerbaijani: nalbənd — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Bulgarian: налбантин (nalbantin) — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Bulgarian: подковач (podkovač) — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Catalan: ferrador — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Catalan: ferrer — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蹄鐵匠 /蹄铁匠 (títiějiàng) — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 釘蹄師 /钉蹄师 (dīngtíshī) — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Czech: podkovář — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Danish: beslagsmed — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Dutch: hoefsmid — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Esperanto: hufumisto — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Estonian: hobuserautaja — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Finnish: kengitysseppä — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Finnish: hevosenkengittäjä — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Finnish: kengittäjä — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • French: maréchal-ferrant — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • French: maréchale-ferrante — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Galician: ferrador — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Galician: ferradora — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • German: Hufschmied — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • German: Hufschmiedin — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Greek: πεταλωτής (petalotís) — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Gujarati: નાલબંદ (nālband) — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Hebrew: מפרזל סוסים — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Hungarian: patkolókovács — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Icelandic: járningamaður — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Irish: crúdóir — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Irish: fairéir — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Italian: maniscalco — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Italian: maniscalca — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Italian: fabbro ferraio — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Italian: magnano — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Japanese: 装蹄師 (sōteishi) — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Northern Kurdish: nalbend — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Northern Kurdish: beytar — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Macedonian: потко́вувач (potkóvuvač) — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Macedonian: на́лбат (nálbat) — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Maltese: nagħgħâl — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Māori: kaihaeana hōiho — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hovslager — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Norwegian Bokmål: beslagsmed — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hovslagar — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hóvslagar — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Persian: نعلبند (na'lband) — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Polish: podkuwacz — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Portuguese: ferrador — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Portuguese: ferradora — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Romanian: potcovar — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Russian: кузне́ц (kuznéc) — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Russian: конова́л (konovál) — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Spanish: herrador — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Spanish: herradora — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Spanish: ferrador (disused) — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Swedish: hovslagare — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Swedish: hovslagerska — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Turkish: nalbant — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Ottoman Turkish: نعلبند (naʼlband) — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Ottoman Turkish: بیطار (baytar) — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Ottoman Turkish: نعلبر (naʼlbur) — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Volapük: safaferan — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Volapük: hisafaferan — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Volapük: jisafaferan — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs
  • Welsh: ffariar — person who trims and shoes horses' hoofs