železo

See also: zelezo

Czech

Chemical element
Fe
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Etymology

From Old Czech železo, from Proto-Slavic *želězo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʒɛlɛzo]

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• Hyphenation: že‧le‧zo

Noun

železo n

1. iron (chemical element)
2. (golf) iron (a type of golf club)

Derived terms

• železnice f
• železářství n
• železář m anim
• železný

Further reading

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Lower Sorbian

Noun

železo n

1. Obsolete form of zelezo.

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Old Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *želězo.

Noun

železo n

1. iron (chemical element)

Descendants

• Czech: železo

Further reading

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• žèljezo (Ijekavian)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *želězo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒělezo/
• Hyphenation: že‧le‧zo

Noun

žèlezo n (Cyrillic spelling жѐлезо)

1. iron

Declension

Declension of železo

	singular	plural
nominative	železo	železa
genitive	železa	železa
dative	železu	železima
accusative	železo	železa
vocative	železo	železa
locative	železu	železima
instrumental	železom	železima

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Slovak

Chemical element
Fe
Previous: mangán (Mn)
Next: kobalt (Co)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *želězo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʒe.ɫe.zɔ/, /ˈʒe.ʎe.zɔ/

Noun

železo n (genitive singular železa, nominative plural železá, genitive plural želiez, declension pattern of mesto)

1. iron (chemical element)
2. (golf) iron (a type of golf club)

Declension

Declension of železo

	singular	plural
nominative	železo	železá
genitive	železa	želiez
dative	železu	železám
accusative	železo	železá
locative	železe	železách
instrumental	železom	železami

Derived terms

• železový
• želiezko
• železnica f
• železiarstvo n
• železný m

Further reading

• “železo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Slovene

Chemical element
Fe
Previous: mangán (Mn)
Next: kóbalt (Co)

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *želězo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɛlèːzɔ/

Noun

želẹ́zo n

1. iron (metal)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Neuter, hard
nominative	želézo
genitive	želéza
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	želézo
genitive (rodȋlnik)	želéza
dative (dajȃlnik)	želézu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	želézo
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	želézu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	želézom

Further reading

• “železo”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

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Upper Sorbian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *želězo.

Noun

železo n

1. iron