ferrer
French, verb/fɛ.ʁe/
ferrer is spelled F-E-R-R-E-R (6 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 22,802nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ferrer is a French verb meaning “to clad in iron (transitive), to be clad in iron (intransitive)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Garnir de fer”.
What does ferrer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to clad in iron (transitive), to be clad in iron (intransitive)
- 2
to shoe (a horse)
- 3
to clad in some metal, not necessarily iron
ferrer d'or
- 4
to hook (a fish)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Garnir de fer. 2. Garnir de fers les sabots d’un cheval, d’un mulet, etc., à l’aide de clous. 3. Garnir les extrémités d’un cordon, d’un lacet, de fer-blanc, de cuivre ou d’autre métal. 4. Garnir d’or, d’argent, etc., ce qui est ordinairement garni de fer.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ferrer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- ferrant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- ferré participle past
- ferre first-person indicative present
- ferres indicative present second-person
- ferrons first-person indicative plural
- ferrez indicative plural present
- ferrent indicative plural present
- ferrais first-person imperfect indicative
- ferrait imperfect indicative singular
- ferrions first-person imperfect indicative
- ferriez imperfect indicative plural
- ferraient imperfect indicative plural
- ferrai first-person historic indicative
- ferras historic indicative past
- ferra historic indicative past
- ferrâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ferrer?
- /fɛ.ʁe/
- /fe.ʁe/
- \fe.ʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ferrer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ferrer in French?
ferrer appears 1.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).