forger

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

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dʒə(ɹ)

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.

• forgery

Inherited from Old French forger, forgier, from Latin fabricāre. Doublet of fabriquer.

• IPA^(key): /fɔʁ.ʒe/

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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
   1. to coin (a word or phrase)
4. (equestrianism) to trot

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" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

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

• forge

• “forger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• forgar, forgere, forgeour

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːrd͡ʒər(ə)/, /fɔːrˈd͡ʒeːr/, /fɔr-/, /foːr-/

forger (plural forgers)

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

• English: forger

• “fō̆rǧer, -ēr, -eǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Latin fabrico.

forger

1. Alternative form of forgier

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 /dʒ/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.