гвожђе

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From older гвоздје, derived from obsolete гво̑зд (“nail”) + -је, from Proto-Slavic *gvozdь, or the plural of this Proto-Slavic noun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡʋôːʒd͡ʑe/
  • Hyphenation: гвож‧ђе

Noun

гво̑жђе n (Latin spelling gvȏžđe)

  1. iron
    Synonym: жѐљезо
  2. fetters, chain
  3. trap, snare

Declension

Further reading

  • гвожђе”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025