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Webster 1913 Edition

Ferrous

Fer′rous

,

Adj.

[Cf. F.

ferreux

. See

.]

(Chem.)

Pertaining to, or derived from, iron; – especially used of compounds of iron in which the iron has its lower valence of two;

as,

ferrous

sulphate

.

Definition 2025

ferrous

ferrous

English

Adjective

ferrous ‎(comparative more ferrous, superlative most ferrous)

Of or containing iron.
(chemistry) Of compounds of iron in which it has a valence or oxidation number of 2.

Antonyms

nonferrous

Derived terms

Derived terms

ferrous chloride
ferrous ferricyanide
ferrous fumarate
ferrous oxide

ferrous phosphate
ferrous sulfate, ferrous sulphate
ferrous sulfide, ferrous sulphide

Translations

of or containing iron

Arabic: حَدِيدِيّ m ‎(ḥadīdiyy)
Armenian: երկաթյա (hy) ‎(erkatʿya), երկաթե (hy) ‎(erkatʿe)
Bashkir: тимер ‎(timer)
Breton: houarn (br), houarnek (br)
Bulgarian: желе́зен (bg) m ‎(želézen)
Catalan: ferrós
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鐵製的, 铁制的
Danish: jern-
Dutch: ijzeren (nl)
Faroese: jarn-
Finnish: rautainen (fi)
French: ferreux (fr) m
German: eisern (de)
Greek: σιδερένιος (el) m ‎(siderénios)
Ido: fera (io)
Interlingua: ferree
Irish: iarnaí, iarnda, iarnúil
Italian: ferreo (it), ferroso (it), ferrico (it)

Japanese: 鉄 (ja) ‎(てつ, tetsu)
Latin: ferreus
Latvian: dzelzs-
Lithuanian: geležinis
Macedonian: железен m ‎(železen)
Malay: ferus
Maori: rino
Norwegian: jern-, jernholdig
Polish: żelazny (pl) m
Portuguese: férreo (pt), ferroso
Russian: желе́зный (ru) ‎(želéznyj)
Serbo-Croatian: željezan (sh), železan (sh)
Slovak: železný (sk)
Southern Altai: темирлӱ ‎(temirlü)
Spanish: férreo
Swedish: järn-
Ukrainian: залі́зний ‎(zalíznyj)
Vilamovian: ȧjzera

chemistry

Catalan: ferrós
Irish: iarnúil

Portuguese: ferroso
Spanish: ferroso (es)

See also

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