eisern — meaning in English

English meaning

• adamant adj Refusing to change one's mind or position; firmly determined.
• ferrous adj Containing or relating to iron.
• grim adj Bleak, gloomy, or discouraging.
• iron noun A common, silvery-grey metal that rusts and is attracted to magnets; the main ingredient of steel.

Senses

eisern is used for these senses in English:

• adamant (said of people and their conviction) Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined.
• ferrous Of an element: iron, or in certain ways similar to iron. (Said mainly of iron group elements, in any sense of that term.)
• grim Rigid and unrelenting.
• iron (not comparable) Made of the metal iron.
• iron (figuratively) Strong (as of will), inflexible.

adamant — full definition

1. adj Refusing to change one's mind or position; firmly determined.
2. noun A legendary stone or mineral once believed to be unbreakable, historically linked to diamond or lodestone.

ferrous — full definition

1. adj Containing or relating to iron.
2. adj In chemistry, describing iron compounds where the iron has a +2 charge.

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