Translation for '
iron' from English to French
ADJ | iron | more iron | most iron | |
NOUN1 | an iron | irons | |
NOUN2 | iron | - | |
VERB | to iron | ironed | ironed ironing | irons | |
SYNO | atomic number 26 | branding iron | cast-iron | ... |
ADJ positive | comparative | superlative
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
VERB to infinitive | simple past | past participle
present participle | 3rd person
| de fer {adj} | iron [attr.] [made of, containing iron] | |
| en fer {adj} | iron [attr.] [made of, containing iron] | |
Verbs |
| repasser (qc.) | to iron (sth.) 20 | |
Nouns |
| chim.matérielminér. fer {m} <Fe> | iron <Fe> 3 | |
| fer {m} à repasser | iron [for smoothing clothes etc.] | |
2 Words: Verbs |
| aplanir qc. [fig.] [problèmes] | to iron sth. out [fig.] [problems] | |
| sport faire de la muscu [fam.] | to pump iron [coll.] | |
| sport soulever de la fonte [loc.] | to pump iron [idiom] | |
2 Words: Nouns |
| agr.outil. fer {m} à marquer | branding iron | |
| outil. pince-monseigneur {f} [levier] | break-iron | |
| matériel fonte {f} | cast iron | |
| cosm.outil. fer {m} à friser | curling iron | |
| électr.outil. fer {m} (à repasser) électrique | electric iron | |
| matériel fer {m} plat | flat iron | |
| archéo.hist. âge {m} de fer | Iron Age | |
| hist.pol. Couronne {f} de fer | Iron Crown [reliquary and one of the oldest royal insignia of Christendom. A relic from the Kingdom of the Lombards, used for the coronation of the Holy Roman Emperors as Kings of Italy] | |
| géogr.hist.pol. rideau {m} de fer | Iron Curtain | |
| méd. carence {f} en fer | iron deficiency | |
| discipline {f} de fer | iron discipline | |
| minér.mines mine {f} de fer | iron mine | |
| minér. minerai {m} de fer | iron ore | |
| ind.minér. fonte {f} du fer | iron smelting | |
| matériel fer {m} spongieux | iron sponge | |
| matériel éponge {f} de fer | iron sponge | |
| tech. embout {m} en fer | iron tip | |
| chim.minér. magnétite {f} [Fe3O4] | iron(II,III) oxide | |
| chim.minér. oxyde {m} magnétique [Fe3O4] | iron(II,III) oxide | |
| chim.minér. oxyde {m} de fer(II,III) [Fe3O4] | iron(II,III) oxide | |
| chim.minér. tétroxyde {m} de trifer [Fe3O4] | iron(II,III) oxide | |
| chim. chlorure {m} ferreux [FeCl2] | iron(II) chloride | |
| chim. chlorure {m} de fer(II) [FeCl2] | iron(II) chloride | |
| chim. oxyde {m} ferreux [FeO] | iron(II) oxide | |
| chim. oxyde {m} de fer(II) [FeO] | iron(II) oxide | |
| chim. sulfate {m} ferreux [FeSO4] | iron(II) sulfate [Am.] | |
| chim. sulfate {m} de fer(II) [FeSO4] | iron(II) sulfate [Am.] | |
| chim. sulfure {m} ferreux [FeS] | iron(II) sulfide [Am.] | |
| chim. sulfure {m} de fer(II) [FeS] | iron(II) sulfide [Am.] | |
| chim. sulfate {m} ferreux [FeSO4] | iron(II) sulphate [Br.] | |
| chim. sulfate {m} de fer(II) [FeSO4] | iron(II) sulphate [Br.] | |
| chim. sulfure {m} ferreux [FeS] | iron(II) sulphide [Br.] | |
| chim. sulfure {m} de fer(II) [FeS] | iron(II) sulphide [Br.] | |
| chim. chlorure {m} ferrique [FeCl3] | iron(III) chloride | |
| chim. perchlorure {m} de fer [FeCl3] | iron(III) chloride | |
| chim. chlorure {m} de fer(III) [FeCl3] | iron(III) chloride | |
| chim. oxyde {m} ferrique | iron(III) oxide | |
| chim. oxyde {m} de fer(III) [Fe2O3] | iron(III) oxide | |
| chim. sesquioxyde {m} de fer [Fe2O3] | iron(III) oxide | |
| chim. sulfure {m} ferrique [Fe2S3] | iron(III) sulfide [Am.] | |
| chim. sulfure {m} de fer(III) [Fe2S3] | iron(III) sulfide [Am.] | |
| chim. sesquisulfure {m} de fer [Fe2S3] | iron(III) sulfide [Am.] | |
| chim. sulfure {m} ferrique [Fe2S3] | iron(III) sulphide [Br.] | |
| chim. sulfure {m} de fer(III) [Fe2S3] | iron(III) sulphide [Br.] | |
| chim. sesquisulfure {m} de fer [Fe2S3] | iron(III) sulphide [Br.] | |
| matériel fer {m} rond | round iron | |
| matériel ferraille {f} [morceaux de fer] | scrap iron | |
| outil. fer {m} à souder | soldering iron | |
| matériel fer {m} spongieux | sponge iron | |
| matériel éponge {f} de fer | sponge iron | |
| autooutil. démonte-pneu {m} | tire iron [Am.] | |
| cuis. moule {m} à gaufre | waffle iron | |
| cuis.outil. gaufrier {m} | waffle iron | |
3 Words: Nouns |
| cuis.outil. cocotte {f} en fonte | cast-iron stewpot | |
| sociol. noces {f.pl} de palissandre | iron (wedding) anniversary | |
| méd. anémie {f} ferriprive | iron deficiency anaemia [Br.] | |
| méd. anémie {f} ferriprive | iron deficiency anemia [Am.] | |
| chim. phosphate {m} de fer lithié [LiFePO4] | lithium iron phosphate <LFP> | |
| matérieloccup. ferronnier {m} (d'art) | wrought-iron craftsman | |
| matérieloccup. ferronnière {f} (d'art) | wrought-iron craftsman [female] | |
4 Words: Others |
| avec une poigne de fer {adv} [loc.] | with an iron hand [idiom] | |
4 Words: Verbs |
| avoir une poigne de fer [aussi fig.] | to have an iron grip [also fig.] | |
| avoir une volonté de fer | to have an iron will | |
| gommer les différences [fig.] | to iron out the differences [fig.] | |
4 Words: Nouns |
| cuis.outil. cocotte {f} en fonte | cast-iron stew pot | |
| armurehist.mil. harnois {m} blanc | fully polished iron armour [14C] | |
| sociol. loi {f} d'airain de l'oligarchie | iron law of oligarchy | |
| écon. loi {f} d'airain des salaires | iron law of wages | |
5+ Words: Others |
| prov. Il faut battre le fer pendant qu'il est chaud. | One should strike while the iron's hot. | |
5+ Words: Verbs |
| courir deux lièvres à la fois [loc.] | to have more than one iron in the fire [idiom] | |
| comm. rectifier les défauts d'un produit | to iron out the flaws in a product | |
| outil. repasser à la vapeur | to iron with a steam iron | |
| mener qn. à la baguette [loc.] | to rule sb. with a rod of iron [idiom] | |
| battre le fer tant qu'il est chaud [loc.] | to strike while the iron is hot [idiom] | |
5+ Words: Nouns |
| main {f} de fer dans un gant de velours [loc.] [fig.] | iron fist in a velvet glove [idiom] [fig.] | |
Fiction (Literature and Film) |
| filmF La Dame de fer | The Iron Lady [Phyllida Lloyd (2011)] | |
Taxa/Species (Animals, Plants, Fungi) |
| entom.T chameau {m} [Notodonta dromedarius] [papillon nocturne] | iron prominent [moth] | |
| bot.T arbre {m} de Noël de Nouvelle-Zélande | iron tree | |
| bot.T pohutukawa {m} [Metrosideros excelsa] | iron tree | |
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Usage Examples English
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- Due to its high iron content, magnetite has long been a major iron ore. It is reduced in blast furnaces to pig iron or sponge iron for conversion to steel.
- Some other common alloys that are based on iron and carbon include anthracite iron, cast iron, pig iron, and wrought iron.
- Pig iron is an intermediate form of iron produced from iron ore.
- Iron has become an important architectural building component. It has been used in four common forms: wrought iron, cast iron, sheet iron, and steel.
- Nickel–iron alloys occur naturally on Earth's surface as telluric iron or meteoric iron.
- The town sits on a rich iron deposit, and the region once produced pig iron and bar iron for farm tools and cast iron ware.
- Iron-56 (56Fe) is the most common isotope of iron. About 91.754% of all iron is iron-56.
- There was a profusion of cast iron foundries in New York, including Badger's Architectural Iron Works, James L. Jackson's Iron Works, and Cornell Iron Works.
- With iron oxides and with elemental iron, lead(II,IV) oxide forms insoluble iron(II) and iron(III) plumbates, which is the basis of the anticorrosive properties of lead-based paints applied to iron objects.
- Iron isotope variations in humans reflects a number of processes.
- Most US iron smelting before 1850 took place near iron deposits in eastern Pennsylvania, New York, and northern New Jersey.
- Iron oxidation pathways in both acidophilic and circumneutral freshwater iron oxidation habitats, such as acid mine drainage or groundwater iron seeps, respectively, are better understood than marine circumneutral iron oxidation.
- Other terms used for the same tests are iron panel, iron profile, iron indices, iron status or iron studies.
- The iron is the small appliance used to remove wrinkles from fabric. It is also known as a clothes iron, steam iron, flat iron, smoothing iron or iron box.
- The iron ions partly precipitate to form iron (II) sulfide. Another reaction occurs between iron and water producing iron hydroxide.
- The serum iron and total iron-binding capacity (transferrin) are helpful but not diagnostic; it is quite possible to have co-existing ineffective iron utilisation and iron deficiency, as determined by bone marrow iron status, e.g.
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