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de fer (invariable)
- (heraldry, rare) iron, Eisenfarbe (a grey tincture)
- (figuratively) strong, resilient, iron
- avoir une santé de fer ― to be in excellent health, to have a cast-iron constitution
- avoir une volonté de fer ― to have a will of iron, an unbending will, an iron determination