ferreux
French, adjective/fɛ.ʁø/
ferreux is spelled F-E-R-R-E-U-X (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 39,702nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ferreux is a French adjective meaning “ferrous (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui contient du fer”.
What does ferreux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ferrous (all senses)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui contient du fer. 2. Se dit des composés de fer où le fer est bivalent.
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 ferreux
- ferreuse feminine
- ferreuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ferreux?
- /fɛ.ʁø/
- /fe.ʁø/
- \fɛ.ʁø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ferreux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ferreux in French?
ferreux appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).