Iron pronunciation

Noun Towns and cities — including Kryvyi Rih, an iron ore mining and steel smelting hub — were deprived of drinking water, which had been drawn from the reservoir. — Maria Varenikova Mauricio Lima, New York Times, 7 June 2023 But accurate iron play is the strength of his game. — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2023 The Ultimate Golf Outing package ($1,050) includes full swing and short game instruction; lunch; and custom club fitting for the driver, fairway woods, hybrids, irons, and putter. — Brian Mccallen, Travel + Leisure, 28 May 2023 Some pieces of the costumes are exhibited by themselves, as is a replica of the sort of iron collar forced around the necks of enslaved Africans. — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 17 May 2023 In addition, asparagus is a good source of vitamin A, folate, iron and thiamin. — Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2023 As Klay Thompson’s 3-point attempt clanged off the back iron Monday night, Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr bent his knees, leaned backward and grabbed his hair with both hands. — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 May 2023 The moon's crust is made of oxygen, silicon, magnesium, iron, calcium and aluminum, as well as small amounts of titanium, uranium, thorium, potassium and hydrogen. — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 9 May 2023 Past its dramatic iron doors, Hotel Palmaroga radiates a warm yet regal energy. — Beck Bamberger, Forbes, 6 May 2023 Adjective This non- iron chino pant from Charles T...

I just noticed that the word iron is pronounced EYE-URN in standard Englishes instead of what the spelling suggests. I have always been pronouncing it "EYE-RUN" but I just checked its pronunciation and it shocked me a bit. So in UK English, it is /aɪən/ and in US English, it is /aɪrn/ according to the I know English spelling is not regular and as Ronald Sole said in a comment to my Why is it pronounced as EYE-URN (IPA: /aɪən/ and /aɪrn/) but not EYE-RUN (/aɪrən/)? Years ago I never heard anyone articulate the /r/ in iron. I first started noticing this on the Internet about 15-20 years ago - initially it mainly seemed to be confined to non-native speakers, but increasingly I hear it nowadays in the native Anglophone scientific community (where the difference between iron from ion might be highly significant, but not necessarily contextually obvious). Before that though, this "confusion" was only relevant in the context of making weak puns alluding to irony = like iron (there being no such thing as iony = like ions). TLDR The pronunciation of 'iron' in standard varieties of English is EYE-URN (BrE: /'aɪən/, AmE: /'aɪrn/) and not EYE-RUN (which is also a common pronunciation of 'iron' in some varieties of English) because of a very common process called Metathesis. It's defined as the transposition/rearrangement of letters, syllables or phonemes (sounds) in a word. Explanation There are some other words that show the same change; 'wasp' used to be waps, 'bird' used to be brid...

(symbol Fe) a chemical element. Iron is a hard strong metal that is used to make steel and is also found in small quantities in blood and food. • iron gates/bars/railings • a hut with a corrugated iron roof • the iron and steel industries • iron ore (= rock containing iron) • foods that are rich in iron • patients with iron deficiency (= not enough iron in their blood) • iron tablets (= containing iron prepared as a medicine) • (figurative) She had a will of iron (= it was very strong). see also cast iron , pig iron , wrought iron Topics Physics and chemistry b1 irons [plural] chains or other heavy objects made of iron, attached to the arms and legs of prisoners, especially in the past • leg irons • (old-fashioned) to clap somebody in irons in golf• [countable] one of the set of clubs (= sticks for hitting the ball with) that have a metal head • He hit a magnificent shot with a nine iron. compare wood Topics Sports: ball and racket sports c2 Other results All matches • iron verb • iron adjective • iron out • pig iron noun • cast iron noun • cast-iron adjective • iron-grey adjective • sand iron noun • tire iron noun • branding iron noun • iron rations noun • wrought iron noun • grappling iron noun • the Iron Age noun • soldering iron noun • the Iron Curtain noun • iron-gray • sand iron • curling iron • iron something out Phrasal verbs • iron something out Idioms • strike while the iron is hot • an iron fist/hand (in a velvet glove)