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ferrata

/fəˈɹɑːtə/

ferrata is the ellipsis of via ferrata.

Meaning of via ferrata

Noun

via ferrata (plural via ferratas or vie ferrate)

  1. A protected climbing route, usually with iron cables and hooks.
    • In the three places in this book where the vie ferrate are of a slightly more advanced level, alternative trails have been suggested.2001, Henry Stedman, Trekking in the Dolomites, Trailblazer, →ISBN, page 9

Forms of ferrata

pluralferratas

Phrases with ferrata

Questions about ferrata

What is ferrata the ellipsis of?
Ferrata is the ellipsis of via ferrata.
How do you pronounce ferrata?
Ferrata is pronounced /fəˈɹɑːtə/.

Words near ferrata in the dictionary

  1. ferrarisite
  2. ferrary
  3. Ferras
  4. ferrash
  5. ferrashes
  6. ferrata
  7. Ferrata cell
  8. Ferrata cells
  9. ferratas
  10. ferrate
  11. ferrated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ferrata (page history and authors); via ferrata (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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