fer
French
noun
Definitions
- iron
- shoe (for horse); steel tip
- (golf) iron
- iron (appliance)
- (in the plural) irons, fetters
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French fer inherited from Old French fer inherited from Latin ferrum (iron).
Origin
Latin
ferrum
Gloss
iron
Concept
Semantic Field
Clothing and grooming
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
鉄
Emoji
🧇
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Ferris English
- ferrandine English
- ferrite English
- ferroequinologist English
- ferramentum Latin
- ferreus Latin
- ferrugo Latin
- ferrum Latin
- ferrumen Latin
- ferrāre Latin
- ferus Latin
- ferro Italian
- blanc French
- fer-blanc French
- ferblanterie French
- ferblantier French
- ferraille French
- ferrailler French
- ferret French
- ferreux French
- ferrier French
- ferrique French
- fier French
- xylofer French
- ferralla Spanish, Castilian
- herradura Spanish, Castilian
- herrar Spanish, Castilian
- herrero Spanish, Castilian
- herrete Spanish, Castilian
- hierro Spanish, Castilian
- mineral de hierro Spanish, Castilian
- verel Middle English
- fer Old French
- ferrier Old French
- virole Old French
- fero Esperanto
- ferro Catalan, Valencian
- fier Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- fierătaie Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- Fe Translingual
- fero Ido
- Ferrers Norman
- faer Norman
- fer Norman
- fé Norman
- yero Tagalog
- fer Middle French
- ferro Old Portuguese
- her Aromanian
- fier Romansh
- fierro Asturian
- fiêr Friulian
- ferre Old Occitan
- fierro Old Spanish
- ferru Sicilian
- heru Papiamentu
- færo Ligurian
- fiar Dalmatian
- fier Walloon
- ferru Sardinian
- fierro Neapolitan
- fèr Emilian