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iron_ore

iron ore

English

Alternative forms

iron-ore
ironore (rare)

Noun

iron ore ‎(plural iron ores)

(mineralogy, chiefly mining) A mineral deposit from which iron can be viably extracted.

Translations

ore containing iron

Arabic: خَام اَلْحَدِيد m ‎(ḵām al-ḥadīd)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鐵礦 (zh), 铁矿 (zh) ‎(tiěkuàng), 鐵礦石 (zh), 铁矿石 (zh) ‎(tiěkuàngshí)
Czech: železná ruda f
Danish: jernmalm (da) c
Dutch: ijzererts (nl)
Esperanto: ferŝtono
Finnish: rautamalmi (fi)
French: minerai de fer m
German: Eisenerz (de) n
Ido: fer-erco (io)
Irish: iarnmhian f, amhiarann m

Italian: minerale ferroso m
Japanese: 鉄鉱 ‎(てっこう, tekkō), 鉄鉱石 ‎(てっこうせき, tekkōseki)
Korean: 철광석 (ko) ‎(cheolgwangseok)
Limburgish: iezerèrs
Navajo: tsé ndaaz
Norwegian:

Bokmål: jernmalm m

Nynorsk: jarnmalm m, jernmalm m
Polish: ruda żelaza f
Portuguese: minério de ferro m
Russian: желе́зная руда́ f ‎(želéznaja rudá)
Spanish: mineral de hierro m
Swedish: järnmalm c

See also

iron ore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia