English Explanatory Dictionary

smith

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith.
  2. One who makes anything; wright.
  3. An artist.
verb
  1. To forge, to form, usually on an anvil; by heating and pounding.
name
  1. An English surname originating as an occupation (the most common in Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand).
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. Several places in the United States:
  4. An unincorporated community in LaPorte County, Indiana.
  5. An unincorporated community in Harlan County, Kentucky.
  6. An unincorporated community in York County, South Carolina.
  7. A small unincorporated community in Lyon County, Nevada, named for an early settler family.
  8. A ghost town in Humboldt County, California.
  9. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Smith Township.
  10. A hamlet in the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River, northern Alberta, Canada.
  11. Several rivers:
  12. A river in Douglas County, Oregon, United States, a tributary of the Umpqua River.

Pronunciation

/smɪθ/ en-us-smith.ogg en-ca-Smith.opus

Word forms

smith smiths smithing smithed Smithe Smyth Smythe

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *smiþaz Proto-West Germanic *smiþ Old English smiþ Middle English smyth English smith From Middle English smyth, smith, from Old English smiþ, from Proto-West Germanic *smiþ, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *smēy-, *smī- (“to cut, hew”). Cognate with Dutch smid, German Schmied, German Low German Smitt, Danish smed, Faroese smiður, Icelandic smiður, Norwegian Bokmål smed, Norwegian Nynorsk smed, Swedish smed, Yiddish שמיד (shmid).

Synonyms

metalsmith Smiths Turnout

Related words

smiddy smithery smithy

Derived words

adsmith anchorsmith anvilsmith armorsmith armoursmith arrowsmith beatsmith blacksmith bladesmith boatsmith boilersmith boltsmith brass-smith brasssmith brightsmith bronzesmith bucklesmith carriagesmith chainsmith clocksmith coachsmith cocksmith codesmith coinsmith coppersmith dicksmith dreamsmith fangsmith filesmith fingersmith forgesmith framesmith gagsmith gemsmith girdlesmith glassmith goldsmith gunsmith hammersmith horsesmith housesmith ironsmith ivorysmith jacksmith jawsmith jewelsmith jobsmith jokesmith keysmith knifesmith laughsmith locksmith lovesmith mastersmith memesmith metalsmith musicsmith nailsmith pansmith platinumsmith

Translations

Arabic: سْمِيث Arabic: حَدَّاد Armenian: Սմիթ Armenian: Դարբինյան Belarusian: Сміт Bulgarian: Смит Bulgarian: Кова́чев Chinese Mandarin: 史密斯 Georgian: სმიტ Georgian: მჭედლიშვილი Georgian: ჭკადუა Greek: Σμιθ Greek: Σιδεράς Greek: Σιδέρης Hebrew: סמית Hebrew: סמית׳ Hindi: स्मिथ Hindi: लोहार Hindi: सोनी Inuktitut: ᔅᒥᑦ Japanese: スミス Japanese: 鍛冶 Japanese: 鍛治 Japanese: 加治 Japanese: 鍛冶屋 Japanese: 鍛治屋 Japanese: 加治屋 Korean: 스미스 Latvian: Smits Latvian: Smita Latvian: Kalējs Latvian: Kalēja Macedonian: Смит Marathi: स्मिथ Persian: اسمیت Persian: زرگر Russian: Смит Russian: Кузнецо́в Russian: Ковалёв Serbo-Croatian: Смит Serbo-Croatian: Smith Serbo-Croatian: Smit Serbo-Croatian: Ковач Serbo-Croatian: Ковачевић Serbo-Croatian: Kovač Serbo-Croatian: Kovačević Sinhalese: ස්මිත් Tamil: ஸ்மித் Telugu: స్మిత్ Thai: สมิท Thai: สมิธ Ukrainian: Сміт Ukrainian: Коваль Vietnamese: Xmít Albanian: Nallbani Breton: Ar Gov Catalan: Ferrer Cornish: An Gov Czech: Kovář Danish: Smed Dutch: Smit Dutch: Smid Estonian: Sepp Finnish: Seppänen Finnish: Seppälä Finnish: Seppä Finnish: Seppäläinen French: Lefèvre French: Lefébure French: Lefebvre Galician: Ferreiro German: Schmidt German: Schmied German: Schmid German: Schmitt German: Schmitz Hungarian: Kovács Irish: Mac Gabhann Italian: Ferraro Italian: Ferrari Italian: Ferrero Italian: Ferreri Italian: Fabbri Italian: Ferri Italian: Ferro Lithuanian: Kalvaitis
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