ferreño

Galician

Etymology

From ferro (“iron”) +‎ -eño. Compare Portuguese ferrenho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [feˈreɲʊ]

Adjective

ferreño (feminine ferreña, masculine plural ferreños, feminine plural ferreñas)

1. iron (made of iron)

   Synonyms: de ferro, férreo

2. iron like; hard as iron

   Synonym: férreo

3. staunch, steely, uncompromising

   Synonyms: de ferro, férreo

Derived terms

• ferreña (“zill, jingle”)
• concho ferreño (“hard walnut”)
• pedra ferreña (“basalt”)

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ferreñ”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ferreño”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ferreño”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ferreño”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN