hierro

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (masculine, uncountable) iron (chemical element)
2. (masculine) branding iron (piece of metal bent into a distinctive shape and used to brand livestock)
3. (masculine, metonymically) brand (mark or scar made by burning with a branding iron)
4. (broadly, masculine) brand (symbolic identity, represented by a name or logo)
5. (masculine) iron or steel weapon
6. (masculine) any of various objects made of iron
7. (masculine) importance

Verb

first-person singular present indicative of herrar

herrar

1. to horseshoe, to shoe a horse
2. to brand

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Concepts

fer

fer à repasser

Fe

FE

Synonymes

fierro

metal

🤘

plancha

hierro suavizador

acero

hierro urgente

Fe

flatiron

Traductions

iron

Eisen

ferro

ferro

ijzer

ferro

ferrum

demir

σίδηρος

σίδερο

fèrre

حديد

hesin

ferro da stiro

Coupé comme

hie‧rro

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈʝero/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de Old Spanish: fierro

Hérité de latin: ferrum

Appartenant à français: fer

Appartenant à italien: ferro

Appartenant à portugais: ferro

Appartenant à roumain: fier

In summary

Inherited from Old Spanish fierro, from Latin ferrum. Doublet of fierro (“branding iron”) and ferro (“anchor of a galley”), which were, respectively, inherited from Latin and probably borrowed from Catalan. Other Romance cognates include French fer, Italian ferro, Portuguese ferro, and Romanian fier.