Meanings
adjectiveferriferous (comparative more ferriferous, superlative most ferriferous)
comparative more ferriferous · superlative most ferriferous
- Containing iron.
a ferriferous rock
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans ysterhoudend
- ysterhoudendcontaining iron
Catalan ferrífer
- ferrífercontaining iron
Dutch ijzerhoudend
- ijzerhoudendcontaining iron
French ferrifère
- ferrifèrecontaining iron
German eisenhaltig
- eisenhaltigcontaining iron
Greek σιδηρούχος
- σιδηρούχος (sidiroúchos)containing iron
Hungarian vastartalmú
- vastartalmúcontaining iron
Italian ferrifero
- ferriferocontaining iron
Russian железосодержа́щий, железоно́сный
- железосодержа́щий (železosoderžáščij)containing iron
- железоно́сный (železonósnyj)containing iron
Spanish ferrífero
- ferríferocontaining iron
Ukrainian залізовмі́сний, залізоно́сний
- залізовмі́сний (zalizovmísnyj)containing iron
- залізоно́сний (zalizonósnyj)containing iron
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with ferriferous
carboniferousseminiferouscruciferousmetalliferousfossiliferousodoriferousacetabuliferousacidiferousaeriferousaestiferousagatiferousalbuminiferousaliferousalkaliferousalumiferousaluminiferousamberiferousamentiferousammonitiferousamygdaliferousamyliferousanatiferousangeliferousantenniferous
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APA
ferriferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferriferous
MLA
“ferriferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferriferous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ferriferous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ferriferous.
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