ferro

See also: ferró, ferrò, ferro-, and Ferro

Catalan

Chemical element
Fe
Previous: manganès (Mn)
Next: cobalt (Co)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈfɛ.ru]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈfɛ.ro]

• Audio (Valencian)

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Catalan ferro~ferre~ferr, from Latin ferrum.

Noun

ferro m (plural ferros)

1. iron (a metallic element)
2. something made of iron
3. (golf) iron (a golf club used for middle-distance shots)

Derived terms

• aferrar
• ferralla
• ferrar
• ferreny
• fèrric
• ferrís
• ferro colat
• ferrocarril
• ferrós

 

Related terms

• ferrer
• ferri

References

• “ferro” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading

• “ferro” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ferro”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “ferro” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Etymology 2

Verb

ferro

1. first-person singular present indicative of ferrar

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese ferro, from Latin ferrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛro̝/

Noun

ferro m (plural ferros)

1. (uncountable) iron
2. iron tool or object
3. iron reinforcement
4. iron shaft of a watermill
5. ploughshare

   Synonym: rella

6. iron head, spearhead

Derived terms

• Ferro
• ferro de monte
• ferro de pasar
• ferro doce
• ferrocarril
• pauferro

 

Related terms

• ferra
• Ferradal
• Ferradás
• ferrador
• ferradura
• ferralla
• ferrar
• ferraría
• ferraxe
• Ferreira
• Ferreiras
• Ferreiriño
• ferreiro
• Ferreiroa
• Ferreiroá
• ferreirolo
• Ferreirúa
• ferreña
• férreo
• Ferrería
• ferrete
• ferrollo
• ferrón
• ferroso
• ferrusco
• ferruxe

 

Adjective

ferro (feminine ferra, masculine plural ferros, feminine plural ferras)

1. made of iron
2. having a metallic or ferrous taste

References

• “ferro” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013.
• “ferro” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “ferro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ferro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ferro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

ferro

1. first-person singular present indicative of ferrar

Interlingua

Noun

ferro (uncountable)

1. iron

Related terms

• ferrose

Italian

Chemical element
Fe
Previous: manganese (Mn)
Next: cobalto (Co)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛr.ro/
• Rhymes: -ɛrro
• Hyphenation: fèr‧ro

Etymology 1

From Latin ferrum.

Noun

ferro m (plural ferri, diminutive ferrétto or ferrettìno; (less common) ferrìno or ferrolìno or ferrùzzo/(rare) ferrùccio, pejorative ferràccio)

1. (chemistry) iron (metal, tool made of iron)

Derived terms

• di ferro
• ferraio
• ferrame
• ferramenta
• ferramento
• ferrare
• ferrareccia
• ferreo
• ferriera
• ferrifero
• ferrite
• ferritina
• ferro da maglia / ferro da calza
• ferro da stiro
• ferro di cavallo
• ferro-
• ferroso
• ferrovia

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ferro

1. first-person singular present indicative of ferrare

See also

• ferro on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈfer.roː/, [ˈfɛrːoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfer.ro/, [ˈfɛrːo]

Noun

ferrō n

1. dative/ablative singular of ferrum

References

• ferro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ferrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ro/

Noun

ferro m

1. (uncountable) iron
   • 1371, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra, Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 434:

     Demays lançaron lámeas trauesas grandes de ferro enna porta do dito thesouro con clauos que passauan da outra parte, en tal maneyra, que os enssarraron enno dito thesouro; et en todo aquel dia non les leixaron dar nen auer pan, nen vino, nen outra vianda nihua

     Also, they nailed large iron plates across that treasury's door, with nails that pierced through the door, so that they were shut up in the aforementioned treasury; and that whole day they didn't let them have bread, nor wine, nor any other viand whatsoever

2. an object made of iron
   • 1458, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 437:

     Que o dito Lourenço, ferreiro, que faça seysçentos ferros de quatro pees en longo et de cada parte hua argolla grande et grosa [...] et que cada ferro teña as argollas ben saldadas, por que se algua das soldadoras falleçese, toda a obra se perdería.

     Said Lourenzo, blacksmith, must make six hundred iron items, each one four-feet long and having at both extremes a thick and large ring [...] and every iron item must have its rings correctly welded, because if any of the welds failed, the whole work would be lost.

3. iron head, spearhead
   • 1458, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 340:

     et que, yndo él fogindo, lle lançara duas lanças e hua que lle dera por lo braço e llo pasara et a outra que lle puxeran por lle dar por lo ventre, et que, quando a vira vir, que a tomara por lo ferro, viindo por lo ayre, et que cortara a maao toda de dentro

     and that while he was fleeing he has two spears thrown at him, one that hit him in the arm and overtook him, and another that was thrown towards his belly; but he, when he saw it coming, took it by the spearhead, while coming through the air, and it cut his hand on the inside

Descendants

• Fala: ferru
• Galician: ferro
• Portuguese: ferro (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “ferro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• "ferro" in UC/Glosario, s.v. xxx, in Ferreiro, Manuel (dir.) (2014): Universo Cantigas. Edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa. Universidade da Coruña.
• “ferro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *ferrō, from Proto-Germanic *ferrai.

Adverb

ferro

1. afar

Descendants

• Middle High German: verre
  • Cimbrian: vèrre, bèrre
  • Mòcheno: vèrr

Etymology 2

Akin to the verb faran.

Noun

ferro m

1. skipper

Portuguese

Chemical element
Fe
Previous: manganês (Mn)
Next: cobalto (Co)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ʁu/ [ˈfɛ.hu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ʁu/ [ˈfɛ.hu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ʁu/ [ˈfɛ.χu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ʁo/ [ˈfɛ.ho]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ʁu/

• Hyphenation: fer‧ro

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese ferro, from Latin ferrum, of uncertain origin.

Noun

ferro m (plural ferros)

1. iron (metal)
2. (chemistry) iron (chemical element)
3. iron (an object made of iron, such as a blade or bolt)
4. iron (appliance for pressing clothes)
5. (Brazil, slang) a tough life or situation
6. (Brazil, slang) rod; handgun

Derived terms

• ferrado
• ferrar
• ferraria
• ferrato
• ferreiro
• ferrenho
• férreo
• férrico
• ferrífero
• ferro-velho
• ferropeia
• ferros
• ferrovia
• ferrugem
• quem com ferro mata com ferro morre

 

Descendants

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: feru
• Indo-Portuguese: feru
• Kabuverdianu: féru
• Korlai Creole Portuguese: fɛr
• Macanese: fero
• Principense: ufew
• Sãotomense: felu
• → Tetum: ferru

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ferro

1. first-person singular present indicative of ferrar