željezo

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• žèlezo (Ekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *želězo. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒěʎezo/
• Hyphenation: že‧lje‧zo

Noun

žèljezo n (Cyrillic spelling жѐљезо)

1. iron

   Synonym: gvožđe

Declension

Declension of željezo

	singular	plural
nominative	željezo	željeza
genitive	željeza	željeza
dative	željezu	željezima
accusative	željezo	željeza
vocative	željezo	željeza
locative	željezu	željezima
instrumental	željezom	željezima

Derived terms

• željezar
• željezast
• željeznak
• željeznarija
• željeznica
• željezničar
• željezničarka
• željeznički
• željeznik

 

See also

Symbol	Pt	Au	Ag	Fe	Al	Sn	Cu
metal	platina	zlato	srebro	željezo	aluminij	kalaj kositar	bakar

• smrdik
• čelik

Further reading

• “željezo”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• “железо”, in Raskovnik [Dictionary portal Raskovnik of the Institute for the Serbian Language, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts] (in Serbo-Croatian), http://raskovnik.org, 2015–2024