paille de fer
French, noun/paj də fɛʁ/
paille de fer is spelled P-A-I-L-L-E-D-E-F-E-R (11 letters). Paille de fer is a French feminine noun meaning “steel wool” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de mousse de fibres de fer”.
What does paille de fer mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesteel wool
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de mousse de fibres de fer. 2. Paquet de copeaux métalliques, de la taille d'une main, destiné au décapage et au lissage du bois, en particulier des parquets.
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 paille de fer
- pailles de fer plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paille de fer?
- /paj də fɛʁ/
- \paj də fɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.