name
Meaning 1
A nickname of the surname Smith.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
smithy
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/ˈsmɪði/
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/ˈsmɪθi/
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rhymes with -ɪði
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rhymes with -ɪθi
noun
Meaning 2
The location where a smith (particularly a blacksmith) works; a forge.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Traditionally a village smithy was a busy place because the smith's work was so necessary.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: forge, smithery
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To forge (metal), especially by traditional blacksmith methods.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
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noun
Meaning 4
a workplace where metal is worked by heating and hammering
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: forge
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: workplace, work
History
Etymology
From Smith + -y.
From Middle English smythy, from Old Norse smiðja, from Proto-Germanic *smiþjǭ. Cognate with Old English smiþþe (whence the obsolete modern doublet smithe, smythe (“the workshop of a smith, forge”)). See the Proto-Germanic entry for further cognates. Partially displaced by English forge.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Galician: ferraría — forge
- Galician: forxa — forge
- Polish: kuźnia — forge
- Finnish: takoa — to forge by hand
- Galician: forxar — to forge by hand
- German: mit der Hand schmieden — to forge by hand
- Polish: kuć — to forge by hand
- Polish: wykuwać — to forge by hand
- Polish: wykuć — to forge by hand
- Russian: кова́ть (kovátʹ) — to forge by hand
- Russian: вы́ковать (výkovatʹ) — to forge by hand
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