forger
Meanings
Verb
1. to fashion metal with fire and a hammer, to forge
2. to forge, falsify
3. to create, to conceive, to make up (figuratively)
a. to coin (a word or phrase) (figuratively)
4. to trot (equestrianism)
Examples9
Chacun forge sa propre fortune.
Each person forges his or her own fortune.
Il forgea l'acier en une épée.
He forged the steel into a sword.
Les sociétés japonaises ont forgé une réputation de qualité.
Japanese companies have built up a reputation for quality.
Le rôle de la langue est très importante pour se forger une identité culturelle.
Language plays a very important role in forging cultural identity.
C'est en forgeant qu'on devient forgeron.
It's by smithing that one becomes a blacksmith.
Il s'est forgé une carapace, rien ne l'atteint plus.
He grew thick skin, nothing can touch him anymore.