different between forager vs forger

English

Etymology

forage +? -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f??.?d??.?/
• (NYC) IPA^(key): /?f??.?d??.?/

Noun

forager (plural foragers)

1. An animal or person who forages

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English forger, forgere, from Old French forgiere; equivalent to forge +? -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(?)d??(?)

Noun

forger (plural forgers)

1. A person who creates forgeries, falsifies documents with intent to defraud, e.g. to create a false will or illicit copies of currency; counterfeiter.
2. A person who forges metals.

Related terms

• forgery

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French forger, forgier, from Latin fabric?re, present active infinitive of fabric?. Doublet of fabriquer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??.?e/

Verb

forger

1. To fashion metal with fire and a hammer, to forge.
2. To forge, falsify.
3. (figuratively) To create, to conceive, to make up.
4. (equestrianism) To trot.

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written forge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Derived terms

• c'est en forgeant qu'on devient forgeron
• forgeron

Related terms

• forge

Further reading

• “forger” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle English

Alternative forms

• forgar, forgere, forgeour

Etymology

From Old French forgiere; equivalent to forgen +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?rd??r(?)/, /f?r?d???r/, /f??r-/

Noun

forger (plural forgers)

1. creator, maker, fabricator
2. (rare) metalworker, smith

Descendants

• English: forger

References

• “f??r?er, -?r, -e?ur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin fabrico.

Verb

forger

1. Alternative form of forgier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. In the present tense an extra supporting e is needed in the first-person singular indicative and throughout the singular subjunctive, and the third-person singular subjunctive ending -t is lost. In addition, g becomes j before an a or an o to keep the /d?/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.