forge

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /fɔːd͡ʒ/ (General American) IPA(key): /fɔɹd͡ʒ/ (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /fo(ː)ɹd͡ʒ/ (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /foəd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dʒ === Etymology 1 === 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. Computing sense perhaps derived from the early SourceForge service, launched in 1999. ==== Noun ==== forge (plural forges) A furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape. A workshop in which metals are shaped by heating and hammering them. Synonyms: smithy, smithery The act of beating or working iron or steel. (computing) A web-based collaborative platform for developing and sharing software. Synonym: software forge ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English forgen, from Anglo-Norman forger and Old French forgier, from Latin fabrico (“to frame, construct, build”). Doublet of fabricate. ==== Verb ==== forge (third-person singular simple present forges, present participle forging, simple past and past participle forged) (metallurgy, metalworking) To shape a metal by heating and hammering. To form or create with concerted effort. To create a forgery of; to make a counterfeit item of; to copy or imitate unlawfully. To make falsely; to produce, as that which is untrue or not genuine; to fabricate. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === 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. ==== Verb ==== forge (third-person singular simple present forges, present participle forging, simple past and past participle forged) (often as forge ahead) To move forward heavily and slowly (originally as a ship); to advance gradually but steadily; to proceed towards a goal in the face of resistance or difficulty. (sometimes as forge ahead) To advance, move or act with an abrupt increase in speed or energy. ===== Translations ===== === See also === fabricate make up blacksmith === Anagrams === go-fer, gofer == Champenois == === Alternative forms === (Rémois) forde (Langrois) fouorge === Etymology === Inherited from Old French forge, from Inherited from Latin fabrica. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɔrʒ/ === Noun === forge f (plural forges) (Troyen) a forge ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Daunay, Jean (1998), Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎[2] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes Baudoin, Alphonse (1885), Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎[3] (in French), Troyes == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French forge, from earlier faverge, inherited from Latin fābrica. Doublet of fabrique, which was borrowed. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɔʁʒ/ === Noun === forge f (plural forges) forge (workshop) forge (furnace) ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: forja → Franco-Provençal: fôrge → Galician: forxa → Italian: forgia → Lombard: fòrgia (or from Franco-Provençal) → Piedmontese: fòrgia (or from Franco-Provençal) → Portuguese: forja → Romanian: forjă → Spanish: forja === Verb === forge inflection of forger: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “forge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old French forge, from earlier faverge, from Latin fabrica. ==== Alternative forms ==== fforge ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈfɔrd͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈfɔːrd͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈfoːrd͡ʒ(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== forge forge (workshop) ===== Descendants ===== English: forge Scots: forge ===== References ===== “fō̆rǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== forge alternative form of forgen == Old French == === Etymology === From older faverge, from Latin fābrica. === Noun === forge oblique singular, f (oblique plural forges, nominative singular forge, nominative plural forges) forge (workshop) ==== Descendants ==== French: forge→ Catalan: forja→ Franco-Provençal: fôrge→ Galician: forxa→ Italian: forgia→ Lombard: fòrgia (or from Franco-Provençal)→ Piedmontese: fòrgia (or from Franco-Provençal)→ Portuguese: forja→ Romanian: forjă→ Spanish: forja → Middle English: forge, fforgeEnglish: forgeScots: forge