ferro

Chemical element (edit)
Fe Atomic number 26 ferro
Classification data Period 4 Group 8 Block d-block Class transition metal
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• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈfɛ.ru]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfɛ.ro]

• Audio (Valencia):

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

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)

• ferrer
• ferri

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “ferro”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

• “ferro”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “ferro”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “ferro” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

ferro

1. first-person singular present indicative of ferrar

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛro/ [ˈfɛ.rʊ]
• Rhymes: -ɛro
• Hyphenation: fe‧rro

From Old Galician-Portuguese ferro, from Latin ferrum.

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

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

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

• “ferro” in DIGALEGO - Dicionario de Galego, Ir Indo 2004, Xunta de Galicia 2013.
• “ferro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ferro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ferro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ferro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

ferro

1. first-person singular present indicative of ferrar

ferro (uncountable)

1. iron

• ferrose

Chemical element (edit)
Fe Atomic number 26 ferro
Classification data Period 4 Group 8 Block d-block Class transition metal
Previous: ← manganese (Mn)
Next: cobalto (Co) →

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

From Latin ferrum.

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)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ferro

1. first-person singular present indicative of ferrare

• ferro on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfɛr.roː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfɛr.ro]

ferrō

1. dative/ablative singular of ferrum

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

• fero, fferro

From Latin ferrum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.ro/
• Rhymes: -ɛro

ferro m (plural ferros)

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. (countable) 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. (countable) 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

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

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “ferro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “ferro”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa
• Ferreiro, Manuel (2014–2026), “ferro”, in Universo Cantigas: edición crítica da poesía medieval galego-portuguesa [Universo Cantigas: critical edition of Galician-Portuguese medieval poetry] (in Galician), A Coruña: University of A Coruña, →ISSN
• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ferro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

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

• fer

ferro

1. afar, distantly

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

Akin to the verb faran.

ferro m

1. skipper

Chemical element (edit)
Fe Atomic number 26 ferro
Classification data Period 4 Group 8 Block d-block Class transition metal
Previous: ← manganês (Mn)
Next: cobalto (Co) →
Portuguese Wikipedia article on Ferro

• Rhymes: -ɛʁu
• Hyphenation: fer‧ro

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

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
   • 1996 August 10, MC Bob Rum, “Rap do Silva” (2:36 from the start), in Está Escrito, Rio de Janeiro: Spotlight Records:

     Carregava um ferro em uma de suas mãos / Apertou o gatilho, sem dar qualquer explicação

     He held a handgun in one of his hands / He pulled the trigger, without giving any explanation

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ferro

1. first-person singular present indicative of ferrar

• “ferro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ferro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026