σίδερο
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Byzantine Greek σίδερον (síderon), from Ancient Greek σίδηρος (sídēros). Doublet of σίδηρος (sídiros).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]σίδερο • (sídero) n (plural σίδερα)
- (metallurgy) iron (the metal)
- Synonym: σίδηρος (sídiros)
- iron, smoothing iron, flat iron
- Synonym: σίδερο σιδερώματος (sídero siderómatos)
- Το σίδερο είναι μια οικιακή συσκευή. ― To sídero eínai mia oikiakí syskeví. ― The iron is a domestic appliance.
- στη βράση κολλάει το σίδερο ― sti vrási kolláei to sídero ― to make hay while the sun shines
Declension
[edit]Declension of σίδερο
Related terms
[edit]- ασιδέρωτος (asidérotos, “not iron, not pressed”, adjective)
- σιδεράδικο m (siderádiko, “blacksmith's, ironmonger's”)
- σιδεράς m (siderás, “blacksmith, ironmonger”)
- σίδερο σιδερώματος n (sídero siderómatos, “flatiron”)
- σιδεροπώλης m (sideropólis, “ironmonger”)
- σιδέρωμα n (sidéroma, “ironing”)
- σιδερώνω (sideróno, “to iron, to press”)
- σιδερώστρα f (sideróstra, “ironing board”)
- see: σιδηρόδρομος m (sidiródromos, “railway”) & σίδηρος m (sídiros, “iron”)
Further reading
[edit]- Σίδηρος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
- σίδερο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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