pig iron

English

Etymology

Noun

pig iron (uncountable)

A type of crude iron shaped like a block, commonly used as an industrial raw material.

Translations

type of crude iron

Chinese:
Mandarin: 生鐵 (zh), 生铁 (zh) (shēngtiě)
Esperanto: krudfero
Finnish: takkirauta (fi)
French: fonte brute f
German: Roheisen (de) n
Greek: αργός σίδηρος m (argós sídiros)
Hindi: कच्चा लोहा m (kaccā lohā)
Indonesian: besi gubal
Irish: muciarann m

Japanese: 銑鉄 (ja) (せんてつ, sentetsu)
Korean: 선철 (seoncheol)
Malay: besi jongkong
Polish: surówka (pl) f
Portuguese: ferro gusa (pt) m
Russian: переде́льный чугу́н m (peredélʹnyj čugún)
Spanish: arrabio (es) m
Swedish: tackjärn (sv) n
Tagalog: ilik-bakal
Welsh: haearn crai m, haearn hwch m

See also

cast iron

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