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/fɛʁ/
Translation
iron
Word origin
From Latin ferrum ('iron'), a word of unknown pre-Latin origin. English keeps it in the chemical vocabulary rather than the everyday one.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- ferrum
- English cognates
- ferrous, ferric, farrier
Grammar
Examples
portail rouille .
The gate is made of iron and it rusts every winter.
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She burnt her shirt with an iron that was too hot.
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The doctor found she was low on iron.
' .
You should strike while the iron is hot.
1837.
People have travelled across France by rail since 1837.
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Grammar articles
(4)French Conditionnel: Polite Requests, Hypothetical 'Would', and the Same Irregular Stems as the Future
French Verb Conjugation: The Complete Rules with Examples
French Future Tense: Futur Proche, Futur Simple, and the Irregular Stems
French Irregular Verbs: The Core Set, the -ir Split and the Patterns That Repeat
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