ferrugineux
French, adjective/fɛ.ʁy.ʒi.nø/
ferrugineux is spelled F-E-R-R-U-G-I-N-E-U-X (11 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 91,528th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ferrugineux is a French adjective meaning “ferruginous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui tient de la nature du fer, ou qui comporte des parties de fer”.
What does ferrugineux mean in English?
adjective
- 1
ferruginous
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui tient de la nature du fer, ou qui comporte des parties de fer. 2. Désagréable, métallique, agressif.
noun: 1. Médicament ou aliment dans lequel entre du fer. 2. Sol contenant beaucoup 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 ferrugineux
- ferrugineuse feminine
- ferrugineuses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ferrugineux?
- /fɛ.ʁy.ʒi.nø/
- /fe.ʁy.ʒi.nø/
- \fɛ.ʁy.ʒi.nø\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ferrugineux
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ferrugineux in French?
ferrugineux appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).