iron ore

English

Alternative forms

iron-ore
ironore (rare)

Noun

iron ore (countable and uncountable, plural iron ores)

(mining) A mineral deposit from which iron can be viably extracted.

Translations

ore containing iron

Arabic: خَام اَلْحَدِيد‎ m (ḵām al-ḥadīd)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鐵礦 (zh), 铁矿 (zh) (tiěkuàng), 鐵礦石 (zh), 铁矿石 (zh) (tiěkuàngshí)
Czech: železná ruda f
Danish: jernmalm (da) c
Dutch: ijzererts (nl)
Esperanto: ferŝtono
Finnish: rautamalmi (fi)
French: minerai de fer m
German: Eisenerz (de) n
Ido: fer-erco (io)
Irish: iarnmhian f, amhiarann m
Italian: minerale ferroso m

Japanese: 鉄鉱 (てっこう, tekkō), 鉄鉱石 (てっこうせき, tekkōseki)
Korean: 철광석 (ko) (cheolgwangseok)
Limburgish: iezerèrs
Navajo: tsé ndaaz
Norwegian:
Bokmål: jernmalm m

Nynorsk: jarnmalm m, jernmalm m
Polish: ruda żelaza f
Portuguese: minério de ferro m
Russian: желе́зная руда́ f (želéznaja rudá)
Spanish: mineral de hierro (es) m
Swedish: järnmalm (sv) c
Ukrainian: залізна руда́ f (zalizna rudá)

See also

iron ore on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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