forge
French, noun
forge is spelled F-O-R-G-E (5 letters) and appears 3.9 times per million words in written French, the 13,339th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Forge is a French feminine noun meaning “forge (workshop)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of forger. With an accent, forgé is a different word: “past participle of forger”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Usine dans laquelle la fonte de fer est transformée en métal”.
What does forge mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineforge (workshop)
- 2
feminineforge (furnace)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of forger
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Usine dans laquelle la fonte de fer est transformée en métal. 2. Haut-fourneau où le minerai est réduit en fonte. 3. Fourneau, atelier où les métaux se travaillent au feu et au marteau. 4. Métier ou industrie de la transformation des métaux.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of forge
- forges plural
- forgée feminine
- forgés masculine plural
- forgées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to forge
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is forge in French?
forge appears 3.9 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).