železo

See also: zelezo

Czech

Chemical element
Fe
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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʒɛlɛzo]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: že‧le‧zo

Noun

železo n

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

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Lower Sorbian

Noun

železo n

  1. obsolete form of zelezo

Old Czech

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *želězo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈʒɛlɛzo/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈʒɛlɛzo/

Noun

železo n

  1. iron (chemical element)

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: železo

Further reading

Old Slovak

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *želězo.

Noun

železo n

  1. iron

Descendants

Further reading

  • Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “železo”, in Historický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA, →OCLC

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited 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

Slovak

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

Etymology

Inherited from Old Slovak železo, from Proto-Slavic *želězo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʒeʎezɔ]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

železo n (relational adjective železový or železný, diminutive želiezko, augmentative železisko)

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

Declension

Declension of železo
(pattern mesto)
singularplural
nominativeželezoželezá
genitiveželezaželiez
dativeželezuželezám
accusativeželezoželezá
locativeželezeželezách
instrumentalželezomželezami

Derived terms

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, 2003–2025

Slovene

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

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *želězo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒɛlèːzɔ/

Noun

želẹ́zo n

  1. iron (metal)

Declension

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 (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Upper Sorbian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *želězo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʒɛlɛzɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛzɔ
  • Hyphenation: že‧le‧zo
  • Syllabification: že‧le‧zo

Noun

železo n

  1. (chemistry) iron
    Synonym: ferum
    Tuta łopać je ze železa zhotowjena.
    This shovel is made of iron.

Declension

Further reading