smith

A1 Topic:Work & Careers

US /smɪθ/ UK /smɪθ/ See IPA manual

Freq #1936

Meanings

1

noun
A worker who shapes metal with a hammer and other tools, especially a blacksmith.

The village smith spent the day shaping horseshoes at his forge.
2

verb
To shape metal by heating it and hammering it, usually on an anvil.

He learned to smith iron into knives and tools.
3

name
A very common English surname that began as a name for someone who worked with metal.

Mr. Smith has lived on this street for thirty years.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a worker who shapes metal... metalworker

More metalsmith

Word family

Forms smiths

Derived forms adsmithaldersmithanchorsmithanglesmithanvilsmitharmorsmitharmoursmitharrowsmithathersmithbeatsmithbecksmithblacksmith

Related forms smiddysmitherysmithy

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Proverbs (1)

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A Smith & Wesson beats four aces

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The Fish-Sauce Shop
She stood at the door of Mrs. Smith’s fish-sauce shop in the Strand welcoming him in.

Separate the /s/ in sauce from the /ʃ/ in fish and shop. In Smith’s, move from /θ/ into the final /s/ before beginning fish.

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).

smyth Middle English smiþ Old English *smiþ Proto-West Germanic *smiþaz Proto-Germanic *smēy- Proto-Indo-European

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# smith

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, verb, name
**IPA (US):** /smɪθ/
**IPA (UK):** /smɪθ/
**Frequency rank:** 1936

## Meanings
1. A worker who shapes metal with a hammer and other tools, especially a blacksmith.
2. To shape metal by heating it and hammering it, usually on an anvil.
3. A very common English surname that began as a name for someone who worked with metal.

## Examples
- The village smith spent the day shaping horseshoes at his forge.
- He learned to smith iron into knives and tools.
- Mr. Smith has lived on this street for thirty years.

## Synonyms
- metalsmith

## Derived Forms
- adsmith
- aldersmith
- anchorsmith
- anglesmith
- anvilsmith
- armorsmith
- armoursmith
- arrowsmith
- athersmith
- beatsmith
- becksmith
- blacksmith

## Related Forms
- smiddy
- smithery
- smithy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: smyth
- Root: smiþ
- Root: *smiþ
- Root: *smiþaz
- Root: *smēy-

## 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).

## AI Etymology
The etymological chain for smith runs 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). Important forms in the word's history include Middle English smyth, Old English smiþ, Proto-West Germanic *smiþ, Proto-Germanic *smiþaz, Proto-Indo-European *smēy-. In current use it includes senses such as A worker who shapes metal with a hammer and other tools, especially a blacksmith and To shape metal by heating it and hammering it, usually on an anvil.

## Topics
- Work & Careers

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