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From Old French forge (“forge, furnace”), a surname for someone who lived near or worked in a forge or smithy.

From Middle English forge, from Old French forge, early Old French faverge, from Latin fabrica (“workshop”), from faber (“workman in hard materials, smith”) (genitive fabri). Cognate with Franco-Provençal favèrge. Doublet of fabric and fabrica. Partially displaced English smithy. * Computing sense perhaps derived from the early SourceForge service, launched in 1999.

From Middle English forgen, from Anglo-Norman forger and Old French forgier, from Latin fabrico (“to frame, construct, build”). Doublet of fabricate.

Make way, move ahead, most likely an alteration of force, but perhaps from forge (n.), via notion of steady hammering at something. Originally nautical, in reference to vessels.

261 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Assamese: আফৰ (aphor) — furnace or hearth
• Bulgarian: огни́ще на кова́чница (ogníšte na kováčnica) — furnace or hearth
• Catalan: farga — furnace or hearth
• Catalan: forja — furnace or hearth
• Danish: esse — furnace or hearth
• Dutch: smeltoven — furnace or hearth
• Dutch: smidsvuur — furnace or hearth
• Finnish: ahjo — furnace or hearth
• French: forge — furnace or hearth
• Galician: forxa — furnace or hearth
• Galician: frágoa — furnace or hearth
• Galician: frauga — furnace or hearth
• German: Schmiedeofen — furnace or hearth
• German: Esse — furnace or hearth
• German: Schmiedefeuer — furnace or hearth
• Greek: καμίνι (kamíni) — furnace or hearth
• Greek: φούρνος (foúrnos) — furnace or hearth
• Ancient Greek: κάμινος (káminos) — furnace or hearth
• Ancient Greek: βαῦνος (baûnos) — furnace or hearth
• Hawaiian: kapuahi — furnace or hearth
• Hindi: भट्ठी (bhaṭṭhī) — furnace or hearth
• Hindi: भट्ठा (bhaṭṭhā) — furnace or hearth
• Hungarian: kovácstűzhely — furnace or hearth
• Hungarian: kohó — furnace or hearth
• Italian: forgia — furnace or hearth
• Latin: camīnus — furnace or hearth
• Manx: caardee — furnace or hearth
• Māori: takuahi mahi maitai — furnace or hearth
• Middle English: herth — furnace or hearth
• Norwegian Bokmål: esse — furnace or hearth
• Norwegian Nynorsk: esse — furnace or hearth
• Old Prussian: kamenis — furnace or hearth
• Polish: palenisko — furnace or hearth
• Portuguese: frágua — furnace or hearth
• Portuguese: forja — furnace or hearth
• Punjabi: ਪਹਾਰਾ (pahārā) — furnace or hearth
• Russian: горн (gorn) — furnace or hearth
• Spanish: forja — furnace or hearth
• Swedish: ässja — furnace or hearth
• Afrikaans: smeltery — workshop
• Afrikaans: smedery — workshop
• Albanian: farkë — workshop
• Arabic: وَرْشَة حِدَادَة (waršat ḥidāda) — workshop
• Armenian: դարբնոց (darbnocʻ) — workshop
• Azerbaijani: dəmirçixana — workshop
• Belarusian: ку́зня (kúznja) — workshop
• Belarusian: кава́льня (kaválʹnja) — workshop
• Breton: govel — workshop
• Bulgarian: кова́чница (kováčnica) — workshop
• Catalan: farga — workshop
• Cherokee: ᎦᏅᏆᎶᏍᎩᎢ (ganvqualosgii) — workshop
• Chinese Mandarin: 鐵匠鋪 /铁匠铺 (tiějiàngpù) — workshop
• Czech: kovárna — workshop
• Danish: smedje — workshop
• Danish: smedeværksted — workshop
• Dutch: smidse — workshop
• Dutch: smelterij — workshop
• Dutch: smederij — workshop
• Finnish: paja — workshop
• Finnish: takomo — workshop
• Finnish: työpaja — workshop
• Finnish: verstas — workshop
• French: forge — workshop
• Galician: forxa — workshop
• Galician: frágoa — workshop
• Galician: ferraría — workshop
• Galician: ferreiría — workshop
• Georgian: სამჭედლო (samč̣edlo) — workshop
• German: Schmiede — workshop
• Greek: σιδηρουργείο (sidirourgeío) — workshop
• Hindi: लोहारख़ाना (lohārxānā) — workshop
• Hungarian: kovácsműhely — workshop
• Hungarian: hámor — workshop
• Icelandic: smiðja — workshop
• Ingrian: paja — workshop
• Irish: ceárta — workshop
• Italian: fucina — workshop
• Japanese: 鍛冶屋 (kajiya) — workshop
• Jeju: 불미왕 (bulmiwang) — workshop
• Karachay-Balkar: гюрбеджи (gürbeci) — workshop
• Kazakh: ұстахана (ūstaxana) — workshop
• Korean: 대장간 (daejanggan) — workshop
• Latvian: kalve — workshop
• Latvian: smēde (Germanism) — workshop
• Lezgi: чад (čad) — workshop
• Lithuanian: kalvė — workshop
• Luxembourgish: Schmëdd — workshop
• Macedonian: ковачница (kovačnica) — workshop
• Manx: thie y chaardee — workshop
• Māori: whare mahi maitai — workshop
• Māori: whare tāhana — workshop
• Middle English: forge — workshop
• Norwegian Bokmål: smie — workshop
• Norwegian Nynorsk: smie — workshop
• Old Prussian: autre — workshop
• Ossetian: курдбадзӕ (kurdbaʒæ) — workshop
• Ossetian: куырдадз — workshop
• Persian: آهنگرخانه (âhangar-xâne) — workshop
• Polish: kuźnia — workshop
• Portuguese: forja — workshop
• Romanian: forjă — workshop
• Romanian: fierărie — workshop
• Romanian: forjărie — workshop
• Russian: ку́зница (kúznica) — workshop
• Russian: ку́зня (kúznja) — workshop
• Scottish Gaelic: ceàrdach — workshop
• Serbo-Croatian: ко̀ва̄чница — workshop
• Serbo-Croatian: kòvāčnica — workshop
• Silesian: kujźnia — workshop
• Slovak: kováčňa — workshop
• Slovene: kovačnica — workshop
• Spanish: forja — workshop
• Spanish: fragua — workshop
• Swedish: smedja — workshop
• Tagalog: batbatan — workshop
• Tajik: оҳангархона (ohangarxona) — workshop
• Thai: โรงตีเหล็ก — workshop
• Ukrainian: ку́зня (kúznja) — workshop
• Ukrainian: кова́льня (koválʹnja) — workshop
• Urdu: لوہار خانَہ (lohār xānā) — workshop
• Uzbek: temirchi ishxonasi — workshop
• Vietnamese: lò rèn — workshop
• Vietnamese: lò luyện kim — workshop
• Vietnamese: xưởng luyện kim — workshop
• Vilamovian: śmyt — workshop
• Welsh: gefail — workshop
• Yiddish: שמידערײַ (shmideray) — workshop
• Yiddish: קוזניע (kuznye) — workshop
• Yoruba: ilé-arọ́ — workshop
• Afrikaans: smee — to shape a metal
• Bangi: tula — to shape a metal
• Belarusian: кава́ць (kavácʹ) — to shape a metal
• Bulgarian: кова (kova) — to shape a metal
• Bulgarian: изковавам (izkovavam) — to shape a metal
• Catalan: forjar — to shape a metal
• Catalan: fargar — to shape a metal
• Chinese Mandarin: 鍛造 /锻造 (duànzào) — to shape a metal
• Chinese Mandarin: 鑄造 /铸造 (zhùzào) — to shape a metal
• Czech: kout — to shape a metal
• Danish: smede — to shape a metal
• Dutch: smeden — to shape a metal
• Esperanto: forĝi — to shape a metal
• Finnish: takoa — to shape a metal
• Finnish: työstää — to shape a metal
• Finnish: vasaroida — to shape a metal
• French: forger — to shape a metal
• Galician: forxar — to shape a metal
• Galician: traballar — to shape a metal
• Georgian: გამოჭედვა (gamoč̣edva) — to shape a metal
• Georgian: ჭედვა (č̣edva) — to shape a metal
• German: schmieden — to shape a metal
• German: warmformen — to shape a metal
• German: formen — to shape a metal
• German: ausschmieden — to shape a metal
• Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐍃𐌼𐌹𐌸𐍉𐌽 (gasmiþōn) — to shape a metal
• Greek: σφυρηλατώ (sfyrilató) — to shape a metal
• Hawaiian: kuʻi — to shape a metal
• Hungarian: kovácsol — to shape a metal
• Ido: forjar — to shape a metal
• Ingrian: takkoa — to shape a metal
• Italian: forgiare — to shape a metal
• Italian: formare — to shape a metal
• Jeju: 불미ᄒᆞ다 (bulmihawda) — to shape a metal
• Latgalian: kaļt — to shape a metal
• Latgalian: kausteit — to shape a metal
• Latin: incudo — to shape a metal
• Latvian: kalt — to shape a metal
• Lingala: tula — to shape a metal
• Macedonian: ковам (kovam) — to shape a metal
• Manx: obbree — to shape a metal
• Māori: tāhana — to shape a metal
• Norman: forgi — to shape a metal
• Norwegian Bokmål: smi — to shape a metal
• Norwegian Nynorsk: smi — to shape a metal
• Occitan: hargar — to shape a metal
• Occitan: fargar — to shape a metal
• Church Slavic: ковати (kovati) — to shape a metal
• Old English: smiþian — to shape a metal
• Polish: kuć — to shape a metal
• Polish: wykuwać — to shape a metal
• Polish: wykuć — to shape a metal
• Portuguese: forjar — to shape a metal
• Punjabi: ਗਰਮ ਕਰਕੇ ਘੜਨਾ (garam karke ghaṛnā) — to shape a metal
• Romanian: forja — to shape a metal
• Romanian: făuri — to shape a metal
• Russian: кова́ть (kovátʹ) — to shape a metal
• Slovak: kovať — to shape a metal
• Slovak: kuť — to shape a metal
• Slovene: kovati — to shape a metal
• Spanish: forjar — to shape a metal
• Spanish: fraguar — to shape a metal
• Swedish: smida — to shape a metal
• Tagalog: panday — to shape a metal
• Thai: ตี (dtii) — to shape a metal
• Turkish: demir dövmek — to shape a metal
• Ukrainian: кува́ти (kuváty) — to shape a metal
• Vietnamese: rèn — to shape a metal
• Vietnamese: đúc — to shape a metal
• Volapük: smitön — to shape a metal
• Yiddish: שמידן (shmidn) — to shape a metal
• Yiddish: קאָווען (koven) — to shape a metal
• Yoruba: rọ — to shape a metal
• Afrikaans: vervals — to create a forgery of
• Bulgarian: подправям (podpravjam) — to create a forgery of
• Catalan: contrafer — to create a forgery of
• Catalan: falsificar — to create a forgery of
• Danish: forfalske — to create a forgery of
• Dutch: vervalsen — to create a forgery of
• Finnish: väärentää — to create a forgery of
• French: falsifier — to create a forgery of
• French: contrefaire — to create a forgery of
• Galician: falsar — to create a forgery of
• Galician: contrafacer — to create a forgery of
• Galician: champullar — to create a forgery of
• German: fälschen — to create a forgery of
• German: klittern — to create a forgery of
• Greek: πλαστογραφώ (plastografó) — to create a forgery of
• Hebrew: זִיֵּף (ziyyéf) — to create a forgery of
• Hungarian: hamisít — to create a forgery of
• Italian: falsificare — to create a forgery of
• Korean: 위조하다 (wijohada) — to create a forgery of
• Latvian: viltot — to create a forgery of
• Malay: meniru — to create a forgery of
• Manx: farscreeu — to create a forgery of
• Manx: foalsee — to create a forgery of
• Māori: whakatapeha — to create a forgery of
• Māori: aweke — to create a forgery of
• Occitan: hargar — to create a forgery of
• Polish: fałszować — to create a forgery of
• Polish: sfałszować — to create a forgery of
• Polish: podrabiać — to create a forgery of
• Polish: podrobić — to create a forgery of
• Portuguese: forjar — to create a forgery of
• Punjabi: ਜਾਲ੍ਹਸਾਜ਼ੀ ਕਰਨਾ (jālhsāzī karnā) — to create a forgery of
• Russian: подде́лывать (poddélyvatʹ) — to create a forgery of
• Russian: подде́лать (poddélatʹ) — to create a forgery of
• Spanish: forjar — to create a forgery of
• Swedish: förfalska — to create a forgery of
• Thai: ปลอม (bplɔɔm) — to create a forgery of
• Thai: ปลอมแปลง — to create a forgery of
• Ukrainian: підробляти (pidrobljaty) — to create a forgery of
• Ukrainian: підробити (pidrobyty) — to create a forgery of
• Vietnamese: làm giả — to create a forgery of
• Bulgarian: напредвам с труд (napredvam s trud) — to move forward gradually in the face of resistance
• Dutch: met moeite/langzaam vorderen — to move forward gradually in the face of resistance
• German: sich Bahn brechen — to move forward gradually in the face of resistance
• German: vorankämpfen — to move forward gradually in the face of resistance
• German: drängen — to move forward gradually in the face of resistance
• German: vorandrängen — to move forward gradually in the face of resistance
• German: vordrängen — to move forward gradually in the face of resistance
• German: vorwärts kommen — to move forward gradually in the face of resistance
• German: vorankommen — to move forward gradually in the face of resistance
• German: vorwärtskommen — to move forward gradually in the face of resistance
• German: nach vorn drängen — to move forward gradually in the face of resistance
• German: vorwärtskämpfen — to move forward gradually in the face of resistance
• German: vorkämpfen — to move forward gradually in the face of resistance
• German: vorwärts kämpfen — to move forward gradually in the face of resistance
• Manx: traaue gys y toshiaght — to move forward gradually in the face of resistance
• Polish: posuwać się — to move forward gradually in the face of resistance
• Polish: posunąć się — to move forward gradually in the face of resistance
• Punjabi: ਪ੍ਰਤਿਰੋਧ ਬਾਵਜੂਦ ਅੱਗੇ ਵਧਣਾ (prtirodh bāvjūd agge vadhṇā) — to move forward gradually in the face of resistance