ferretto

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noun

copper sulphide, used to colour glass.

OriginItalian ferretto di Spagna ← Latin ferrum →
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Meanings

nounferretto (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecopper sulphide, used to colour glass.

Origin

  1. Latinferrum
  2. Italianferretto di Spagna
  3. Englishferretto

From Italian ferretto di Spagna, diminutive of ferro (“iron”), from Latin ferrum.

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