Iron

• Chemical element: Fe (Atomic Number: 26)
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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 2 Noun 2.3 Definitions 2.3.1 External links 2.3.2 Translations 2.3.3 Derivatives 2.3.4 See also 2.4 Adjective 2.4.5 Translations 2.5 Transitive verb 2.5.6 Translations 2.5.7 Derivatives 2.6 Transitive verb

English

Pronunciation

1. A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26, and symbol Fe.
2. A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else, as:
   1. A thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus. Formerly called a flatiron.
3. (in plural irons) Shackles.
4. A shade of the color silver.

Translations

• Afrikaans: yster (1)
• Alabama: ochana (1)
• Albanian: hekur (1)
• Anishinaabe: biiwaabik (1)
• Arabic: حديد
• Armenian: heru (1)
• Avestan: ayanghaênaca (1)
• Basque: burdina (1)
• Belarussian: жалеза (1)
• Bena: ikyuma (1)
• Bende: ijela (1)
• Bengali: loha (1)
• Bisaya: puthaw (1)
• Boinen: ətak (1)
• Bondei: chuma (1)
• Bosnian: gvožđe (1)
• Brahui: âhin (1)
• Breton: houarn m pl hern / houarnoù (1, 2.1), fer m pl ferioù (2)
• Bulgarian: желязо n (1), ютия f (2.1), дамга f (2.2), маша f (2.3), поялник m (2.5), окови pl (4)
• Bungu: ichuma (1)
• Catalan: ferro m (1, 2.2), planxa f (2.1), soldador m (2.5)
• Catawba: dorob (1)
• Cebuano: puthaw (1)
• Cherokee: ta-lu-gi-s-gi (1)
• Chinese: 鐵 (1), 熨斗 (2)
• Chuka: cuma (1)
• Cornish: horn (1)
• Croatian: Željezo (1)
• Czech: Železo (1)
• Danish: jern n (1), strygejern n (2.1), Brændejern n (2.2), Krøllejern n (2.3), Vaffeljern n (2.4), Loddekolbe, (loddebolt) n (2.4), jern (4)
• Dawida: chuma (1)
• Doe: chuma (1)
• Dutch: ijzer n (1), strijkijzer n (2.1), wafelijzer n (2.4), soldeerbout f (2.5), boeien f, pl (4)
• Embu: cuma (1)
• Esperanto: fero (1)
• Estonian: raud (1)
• Faroese: jarn (1)
• Finnish: rauta (1), silitysrauta (2.1), polttomerkki (2.2), kiharrin (2.3), vohvelirauta (2.4), kolvi (2.5), rengasrauta (3), kahleet, pl (4)
• French: fer m (1); fer à repasser m (2)
• Fipa: ichela (1)
• Frisian: izer (1)
• Friulian: fier (1)
• Galician: ferro (1)
• Georgian: რკინა (1)
• German: Eisen n (1); Bügeleisen n (2.1)
• Gilbertese: monei (1)
• Gusii: ekioma, egetange (1)
• Gweno: minya (1)
• Gwere: kyoma (1)
• Hangaza: ichuma (1)
• Hawaiian: hao (1)
• Haya: ekyoma (1)
• Hebrew: ברזל
• Hehe: ichuma (1)
• Hiligaynon: salsalon (1)
• Hindi: lohA (1)
• Hungarian: vas (1)
• Icelandic: járn (1)
• Ikizu: echoma (1)
• Indonesian: besi (1); setrika, seterika (2)
• Interlingua: ferro (1); ferro (de repassar) (2.1); ferros (4)
• Irish Gaelic: iarann (1)
• Italian: ferro m (1); ferro da stirare m (2)
• Japanese: 鉄 (てつ, tetsu), アイロン (airon)
• Jita: echuma (1)
• Kamba: kyUma (1)
• Kami: chuma (1)
• Karelian: rauta (1)
• Karuk: áyan (1)
• Katcha: ndhalele (1)
• Kashmiri: Żelazło
• Kazakh: темир (1)
• Kerebe: echoma (1)
• Khakas: timîr (1)
• Kibosho: minya (1)
• Kiha: ichuuma (1)
• Kikuyu: kigera (1)
• Kilegi: echuma (1)
• Kimbu: ichuma (1)
• Kimochi: pasi (1)
• Kinga: ikyoma (1)
• Kiseri: menya (1)
• Kisi: lyoma (1)
• Kivinza: ikyuma (1)
• Kurdish: asin (1)
• Kuria: ikioma (1)
• Kutu: zuma (1)
• Kwere: zuma (1)
• Lambya: ichijela (1)
• Langi: chuma (1)
• Latin: ferrum, -i n (1)
• Latvian: dzelzs (1)
• Lema: ipati (1)
• Lithuanian: geležis (1)
• Luganda: kyuma (1)
• Luhyia: shibia (1)
• Lumasaaba: sikyuma, siibyaa, sisiuma (1)
• Lungwa: ichela (1)
• Lusoga: ekyuma (1)
• Luxembourgish: eisen (1)
• Mabia: sitali (1)
• Macedonian: железо (1)
• Machame: minya (1)
• Makonde: chitale (1)
• Malay: besi (1), ferum (1)
• Malila: ishijela (1)
• Maltese: Ħadid (1)
• Mamba: chuma (1)
• Mambwe: ichela (1)
• Manda: kyo_ma (1)
• Manx: yiarn
• Maori: rino (1)
• Maragoli: kivya, kichuma (1)
• Matengo: so_ma (1)
• Matumbi: kyOma (1)
• Mbunga: kyuma (1)
• Meru: minya (1)
• Meruimenti: ithaga, chuma (1)
• Merutig: ithaa (1)
• Mkuu: menya (1)
• Mkwaya: ekyuma (1)
• Modern Greek: Σιδηρος (1)
• Mongolian: төмөр (1)
• Mpoto: kihano (1)
• Munyarwand: ichyuma, ubutare (1)
• Mwera: chic_h_ulo (1)
• Namwaga: ichela (1)
• Nata: ekyoma (1)
• Navajo: besh (1)
• Ndali: ichela (1)
• Ndamba: lyuma (1)
• Ndari: ichela (1)
• Ndengeleko: kiuma (1)
• Nepalese: phalam (1)
• Ngindo: chOma (1)
• Ngoni: kyuma (1)
• Ngoreme: ekyooma (1)
• Nguungule: chuma (1)
• Norwegian: jern (1)
• Ntuzu: chUma, gIsInza (1)
• Nyakyusa: ikyuma (1)
• Nyamwezi: kIsInza (1)
• Nyaturucha: ichuria (1)
• Nyaturuwil: ichuma (1)
• Nyiha: ishijera (1)
• Nyiramba: ishuka (1)
• Occitan: fèrre (1)
• Pali: aya (1)
• Pangwa: shuma (1)
• Philipino: bakal (1)
• Pimbwe: ichela (1)
• Polish: Żelazo (1) n, żelazko (2.1) n
• Portuguese: ferro m (1); ferro (de passar roupa) m (2.1); ferros m pl (4)
• Potawatomi: biwabuk (1)
• Quechua: khilla (1)
• Romanian: fier n (1,2)
• Rotuman: 'ia 1 (1)
• Rufiji: kioma (1)
• Rukiga: obutare (1)
• Rundi: ikyuma (1)
• Rungu: fweta (1)
• Rungwa: ichela (1)
• Runyambo: echoma (1)
• Runyankore: ekyoma (1)
• Runyoro: obutare (1)
• Russian: железо (1)
• Rutooro: ekyoma (1)
• Saami: rouvdi (1)
• Safwa: ijela (1)
• Sambaa: kiama (1)
• Samialugwe: esibya (1)
• Samoan: u'amea (1)
• Sangu: ishoma (1)
• Sashi_siz: ikyuma (1)
• Serbian: гвожђе (1)
• Seri: enim (1)
• Scottish Gaelic: iarrnaig
• Serbian: гвожђе (1)
• Shubi: ichuuma (1)
• Siha: minya, shuma (1)
• Slovak: Železo (1)
• Slovenian: Železo (1)
• Sonjo: gexoji (1)
• Spanish: hierro m (1), plancha f (2.1)
• Suba: ikyoma (1)
• Subdovian: gelzâ (1)
• Sukuma: jisinza (1)
• Sumbwa: syoma (1)
• Swahili: chuma (1)
• Swedish: järn (1)
• Tagalog: bakal (1)
• Tajik: ohan (1)
• Tarawan: biti (1)
• Thai: เหล็ก (1)
• Tharaka: ithaga (1)
• Tibetan: lcags (1)
• Turkish: demir (1)
• Turkmen: demir (1)
• Ukrainian: залiзо (1)
• Ulwa: ayan (1)
• Uzbek: темир (1)
• Vietnamese: sát (1)
• Vietnamese: sắt (1)
• Vunjo: menya (1)
• Wanda: ohela (1)
• Wanji: kyuma (1)
• Warlpiri: jitipayini (1)
• Welsh: haearn (1)
• Wolof: feer, weñ (1)
• Wungu: ichuma (1)
• Yao: chisyano (1)
• Yiddish: eizn (1)
• Zanaki: ekyema (1)
• Zaramo: zuhma (1)
• Zigua: zuma (1)
• Zinza: echooma (1)

• branding iron
• cast iron
• curling iron
• Iron Age
• ironwood
• pig iron
• soldering iron
• tire iron
• waffle iron
• wrought iron

1. Made of the metal iron.
2. Strong, inflexible.

   She had an iron will.

3. He held on with an iron grip.

• Breton : houarn (1), houarnek (1)
• Bulgarian: железен m (1), желязна f (1), желязно n (1), желязни pl (1)
• Catalan: de ferro (1)
• Chinese: 鐵製的 (1)
• Dutch: ijzeren (1)
• French: de fer (1)
• German: eisern (1)
• Interlingua: de ferro (1), ferree (1)
• Japanese: 鉄 (1)
• Polish: żelazny m (1, 2)
• Portuguese: de ferro (1), férreo m (1), férrea f (1)
• Romanian: de fier (1); din fier (1)

To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.

• Breton: feriñ
• Bulgarian: гладя (1), изглаждам (1,2)
• Catalan: planxar
• Chinese: 熨
• Dutch: strijken
• Finnish: silittää
• French: repasser
• German: bügeln
• Indonesian: menyetrika, menyeterika
• Interlingua: repassar
• Italian: stirare
• Japanese: アイロンをかける (airon wo kakeru)
• Polish: prasować
• Portuguese: passar
• Romanian: călca
• Spanish: planchar