Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ferroalloy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.17 in modern English

Syllables: fer-roal-loy
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any alloy of iron and another metal, especially one of silicon, manganese, chromium, vanadium, tungsten, titanium and molybdenum; used in the production of specialist steels as they have a lower melting point than the pure metal.

Etymology

Etymology tree substratebor. Old Latin *fersom Latin ferrum English ferro- English alloy English ferroalloy From ferro- + alloy.

Inflected Forms

ferroalloys (plural) ferro-alloy (alternative)

Questions

What does ferroalloy mean?: Any alloy of iron and another metal, especially one of silicon, manganese, chromium, vanadium, tungsten, titanium and molybdenum; used in the production of specialist steels as they have a lower melting point than the pure metal.
Where does ferroalloy come from?: Etymology tree substratebor. Old Latin *fersom Latin ferrum English ferro- English alloy English ferroalloy From ferro- + alloy.

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