name · noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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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