farrier

See also: Farrier

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfæɹi.ə/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛɹi.əɹ/
- (Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /ˈfæɹi.əɹ/
Rhymes: -æriə(r)

Noun

farrier (plural farriers)

A person who maintains the health and balance of horses' feet through the trimming of the hoof and fitting of horseshoes.

Synonyms

blacksmith (informal)

Derived terms

farriery

Translations

person who trims and shoes horses' hooves

Arabic: بَيْطَار‎ m (bayṭār)
Armenian: պայտար (hy) (paytar), նալբանդ (hy) (nalband)
Bulgarian: налбантин m (nalbantin)
Czech: podkovář m
Danish: beslagsmed c
Dutch: hoefsmid (nl) m
Esperanto: hufumisto
Estonian: hobuserautaja (et)
Finnish: kengitysseppä (fi), hevosenkengittäjä (fi), kengittäjä (fi)
French: maréchal-ferrant (fr) m, maréchale-ferrante f
Galician: ferrador (gl) m, ferradora f
German: Hufschmied (de) m, Hufschmiedin f, Hufner (de) m, Hufnerin f, Hufbeschlagschmied m, Hufbeschlagschmiedin f, Beschlagschmied m, Beschlagschmiedin f
Greek: πεταλωτής (el) m (petalotís)
Hebrew: פרזול סוסים‎
Icelandic: járningamaður m
Irish: crúdóir m
Italian: maniscalco (it) m, maniscalca f, fabbro ferraio m, magnano (it) m
Japanese: 装蹄師 (ja) (そうていし, sōteishi)

Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: beytar (ku)
Maltese: nagħgħâl
Maori: kaihaeana hōiho
Norwegian:
Bokmål: hovslager m
Nynorsk: hovslagar m, hóvslagar m
Persian: نعلبند‎ (fa) (nalband)
Polish: podkuwacz (pl) m
Portuguese: ferrador (pt) m, ferradora f
Romanian: potcovar (ro) m
Russian: кузне́ц (ru) m (kuznéc), конова́л (ru) m (konovál)
Spanish: herrador m, herradora f
Swedish: hovslagare (sv) c, hovslagerska c
Turkish: nalbant (tr)
Volapük: (♂♀) safaferan (vo), (♂) hisafaferan, (♀) jisafaferan
Welsh: ffariar m
Westrobothnian: hovslägar m

Verb

farrier (third-person singular simple present farriers, present participle farriering, simple past and past participle farriered)

(intransitive) To practise as a farrier; to carry on the trade of a farrier.
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Anagrams

Ferrari