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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ferro

/fˈɛɹoʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.74 in modern English

Syllables
fer-ro
IPA
/fˈɛɹoʊ/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Italian.

name

El Hierro, the smallest island in the Canary Islands, Spain.

Etymology

* As an Italian, Spanish (occasionally Sephardic Jewish), Portuguese, Maltese, Galician surname, all from the noun ferro (“iron”). * As an English surname, variant of Farrar.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Ferros (plural)

Phrases

Ferro meridian

Homonyms

fero

Rhymes With

narrow marrow sparrow romero aero pharaoh guerrero aguero taro darrow ribeiro cerro

Questions

How do you pronounce ferro?
The recorded pronunciation is /fˈɛɹoʊ/.
What does ferro mean?
A surname from Italian.
Where does ferro come from?
It is traced to Italian.

How to pronounce ferro

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