different between ironwork vs ferramenta

English

Etymology

From iron +? -work

Noun

ironwork (countable and uncountable, plural ironworks)

1. (uncountable) Anything made wholly or largely of iron, especially when used for decoration.
   • 2001, A. J. Youngson, The Companion Guide to Edinburgh and the Borders (page 352)

     The gate itself has sideposts of rustic stonework, each topped by a large Baroque vase; these sideposts are joined by elaborate floral ironwork with a coat of arms and a coronet in the centre […]

2. (countable, dated) An ironworks.

Translations

See also

• ironworks

References

• ironwork in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• ironwork in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ferramenta (“ironmongery”).

Noun

ferramenta (uncountable)

1. The supporting ironwork associated with stained glass panels.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ferr?mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /f?.r??men.t?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /fe.ra?men.ta/

Noun

ferramenta f (plural ferramentes)

1. ironwork
2. (Valencia) tool

   Synonym: eina

Further reading

• “ferramenta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “ferramenta” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “ferramenta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “ferramenta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Alternative forms

• farramenta

Etymology

From Latin ferr?mentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [f?ra?m?nt?]
• Hyphenation: fer?ra?men?ta

Noun

ferramenta f (plural ferramentas)

1. tool

   Synonym: apeiro

Noun

ferramenta f (uncountable)

1. hardware; tools of the trade
   • 1320, M. Lucas Álvarez & P. Lucas Domínguez, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media. Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 452:

     de cada huna domãã pagaredes [huun] dia a seara con uosa ferramenta

     each week you'll pay with a day of hired work together with your hardware

2. (humorous, uncountable) dentition

References

• “ferramenta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “ferramenta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “ferramenta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “ferramenta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ferramenta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ferr?mentum

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fer.ra?men.ta/
• Hyphenation: fer?ra?men?ta

Noun

ferramenta f (plural ferramente)

1. hardware
2. ironmongery, ironmonger

ferramenta m (plural ferramenti)

1. ironmonger's (shop)

Synonyms

• magona

Latin

Noun

ferr?menta

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ferr?mentum

References

• ferramenta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ferr?mentum

Pronunciation

• (Brazil, Portugal) IPA^(key): /?f????m?t?/
• Hyphenation: fer?ra?men?ta

Noun

ferramenta f (plural ferramentas)

1. tool (mechanical device intended to make a task easier)
2. (Brazil, euphemistic, slang) penis