mineral

See also: Mineral, minerał, minerál, and minéral

EnglishEdit

English Wikipedia has an article on:

mineral

Alternative formsEdit

minerall (obsolete)

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English mineral, borrowed from Old French mineral, (French minéral), from Medieval Latin minerale, from minera (“ore”).

PronunciationEdit

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪn.ə.ɹəl/, /ˈmɪn.ɹəl/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪn.ɚ.əl/, /ˈmɪn.ɹəl/
- Audio (US)
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NounEdit

mineral (plural minerals)

(geology) Any naturally occurring inorganic material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties.
- 2012 March 1, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 2, page 128:
  Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are diamond, ruby and sapphire, emerald and other gem forms of the mineral beryl, chrysoberyl, tanzanite, tsavorite, topaz and jade.
Any inorganic material (as distinguished from animal or vegetable).
(nutrition) Any inorganic element that is essential to nutrition; a dietary mineral.
(Britain) Mineral water.
(Ireland, South Africa, informal) A soft drink, particularly a single serve bottle or can.
(obsolete) A mine or mineral deposit.
- c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act IV, scene i]:
  
  O'er whom his very madness, like some ore / Among a mineral of metals base, / Shows itself pure;
(obsolete) A poisonous or dangerous substance.
- c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act 1, scene 2]:
  
  ...Thou hast... / Abused her delicate youth with drugs or minerals...

Related termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

in geology

Albanian: mineral (sq) m
Arabic: مَعْدِن‎ (ar) m (maʿdin)
Armenian: հանք (hy) (hankʿ), հանքաքար (hy) (hankʿakʿar)
Assamese: খনিজ (khoniz)
Atayal: bblbaliq
Azerbaijani: mineral (az)
Belarusian: мінера́л m (minjerál)
Bengali: খনিজ (khônij)
Bulgarian: минера́л m (minerál)
Burmese: ဓာတ် (my) (dhat)
Catalan: mineral (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 礦物 (zh), 矿物 (zh) (kuàngwù)
Cornish: moon m
Czech: minerál (cs) m, nerost (cs) m
Danish: mineral (da) n
Dutch: delfstof (nl) c, mineraal (nl) n
Esperanto: mineralo
Estonian: mineraal
Finnish: mineraali (fi), kivennäinen (fi)
French: minéral (fr) m
Galician: mineral (gl) m
Georgian: მინერალი (minerali)
German: Mineral (de) n
Greek: ορυκτό (el) n (oryktó), μετάλλευμα (el) n (metállevma)
Hebrew: מִינֶרָל‎ (he)
Hindi: खनिज (hi) (khanij)
Icelandic: steinefni n
Irish: mianra m
Italian: minerale (it) m
Japanese: 鉱物 (ja) (こうぶつ, kōbutsu)
Khmer: រ៉ែ (rae), ខនិជ (khɑnɨc)
Korean: 광물 (ko) (gwangmul)

Lao: ແຮ່ (hǣ), ແຮ່ທາດ (lo) (hǣ thāt), ສິນແຮ່ (sin hǣ)
Latin: minerale n
Latvian: minerāls m
Lithuanian: mineralas m
Macedonian: минера́л m (minerál), руда f (ruda)
Malay: mineral
Maori: manawa whenua, ōpapa, kohuke
Mongolian: минерал (mn) (mineral)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mineral (no) n

Nynorsk: mineral n
Persian: کانی‎ (fa) (kâni)
Polish: minerał (pl) m
Portuguese: mineral (pt) m
Romanian: mineral (ro) n, minerale n pl
Russian: минера́л (ru) m (minerál)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: минерал m

Roman: mineral (sh) m
Sinhalese: ඛනිජ (si) (khanija)
Slovak: minerál m
Slovene: mineral (sl) m
Spanish: mineral (es) m
Swedish: mineral (sv) c
Tagalog: lupangkap
Tajik: маъдан (maʾdan)
Thai: แร่ (th) (rɛ̂ɛ), แร่ธาตุ, สินแร่
Turkish: mineral (tr), maden (tr)
Ukrainian: мінера́л (uk) m (minerál)
Uzbek: mineral (uz)
Vietnamese: khoáng sản (vi), khoáng vật (vi)
Welsh: mwyn (cy) m

as opposed to animal and vegetable

Catalan: mineral (ca) m
Czech: minerál (cs) m
Dutch: mineraal (nl) n
Finnish: kivennäinen (fi)
French: minéral (fr) m
Greek: ορυκτό (el) n (oryktó)
Italian: minerale (it) m
Japanese: 鉱物 (ja) (こうぶつ, kōbutsu)
Macedonian: минера́л m (minerál)

Maori: kohuke
Norwegian: mineral (no) m
Persian: معدنی‎ (fa) (ma'dani)
Portuguese: mineral (pt) m
Romanian: mineral (ro) n
Russian: минера́л (ru) m (minerál)
Thai: แร่ (th) (rɛ̂ɛ)

in nutrition

Armenian: հանքանյութ (hy) (hankʿanyutʿ)
Bulgarian: минерал m (mineral)
Catalan: mineral (ca) m
Dutch: mineraal (nl) n
Finnish: hivenaine (fi), kivennäisaine (fi)
French: minéral (fr) m
Greek: μέταλλο (el) n (métallo)
Hungarian: ásványi anyag
Japanese: ミネラル (mineraru)

Macedonian: минера́л m (minerál)
Norwegian: mineral (no) m
Portuguese: mineral (pt) m
Romanian: mineral (ro) n
Swahili: madini (sw)
Swedish: mineral (sv)
Tagalog: lupangkap
Thai: แร่ธาตุ, เกลือแร่ (th) (glʉʉa-rɛ̂ɛ)

mineral water — see mineral water

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Translations to be checked

Telugu: ఖనిజం (khanijaM)

Welsh: ^{(please verify)} mwyn (cy) m

AdjectiveEdit

mineral (not comparable)

of, related to, or containing minerals

TranslationsEdit

relating to or containing minerals

Armenian: հանքային (hy) (hankʿayin)
Catalan: mineral (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 矿物的 (kuàngwù de)
Czech: minerální (cs)
Danish: mineralsk
Finnish: mineraalinen (fi), kivennäis- (fi)
French: minéral (fr)
Georgian: მინერალური (mineraluri)
Greek: μεταλλικός (el) (metallikós), ορυκτός (el) m (oryktós)

Irish: mianrach
Italian: minerale (it)
Japanese: 鉱物の (ja) (こうぶつの, kōbutsu no)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mineralsk

Nynorsk: mineralsk
Polish: mineralny (pl)
Portuguese: mineral (pt) m or f
Swedish: mineralisk (sv)

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from mineral (adjective and noun)

ReferencesEdit

mineral at OneLook Dictionary Search
mineral in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

AnagramsEdit

Lierman, manlier, marline, railmen, ramline

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /mi.nəˈɾal/
(Valencian) IPA^(key): /mi.neˈɾal/
Rhymes: -al

AdjectiveEdit

mineral (masculine and feminine plural minerals)

mineral

NounEdit

mineral m (plural minerals)

mineral

Crimean TatarEdit

NounEdit

mineral

mineral.

DeclensionEdit

Declension of mineral

nominative	mineral
genitive	mineralnıñ
dative	mineralğa
accusative	mineralnı
locative	mineralda
ablative	mineraldan

AdjectiveEdit

mineral

mineral.

Mineral suv = mineral water.

ReferencesEdit

Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

DanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˌminəˈʁɑˀl/

NounEdit

mineral n (singular definite mineralet, plural indefinite mineraler)

mineral

DeclensionEdit

Declension of mineral

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
neuter gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mineral	mineralet	mineraler	mineralerne
genitive	minerals	mineralets	mineralers	mineralernes

GalicianEdit

PronunciationEdit

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

NounEdit

mineral m (plural minerais)

mineral

Norwegian BokmålEdit

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

mineral

Wikipedia ^no

NounEdit

mineral n (definite singular mineralet, indefinite plural mineral or mineraler, definite plural minerala or mineralene)

mineral

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

mineralogi

ReferencesEdit

“mineral” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian NynorskEdit

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

mineral

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

NounEdit

mineral n (definite singular mineralet, indefinite plural mineral, definite plural minerala)

mineral

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

mineralogi

PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /minɨˈɾaɫ/
Hyphenation: mi‧ne‧ral

NounEdit

mineral m (plural minerais)

(geology) mineral (naturally occurring inorganic material with characteristic physical properties)
(nutrition) mineral (inorganic element essential to nutrition)

AdjectiveEdit

mineral m or f (plural minerais, comparable)

mineral (relating to or made of minerals)

Related termsEdit

minério

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French minéral, from Latin mineralis.

AdjectiveEdit

mineral m or n (feminine singular minerală, masculine plural minerali, feminine and neuter plural minerale)

mineral

DeclensionEdit

Declension of mineral

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	mineral		minerală	minerali	minerale
nominative/ accusative	definite	mineralul		minerala	mineralii	mineralele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	mineral		minerale	minerali	minerale
genitive/ dative	definite	mineralului		mineralei	mineralilor	mineralelor

Serbo-CroatianEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /miněraːl/
Hyphenation: mi‧ne‧ral

NounEdit

minèrāl m (Cyrillic spelling минѐра̄л)

mineral

DeclensionEdit

Declension of mineral

	singular	plural
nominative	minèrāl	minerali
genitive	minerála	minerala
dative	mineralu	mineralima
accusative	mineral	minerale
vocative	minerale	minerali
locative	mineralu	mineralima
instrumental	mineralom	mineralima

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /mineˈɾal/, [mi.neˈɾal]
Hyphenation: mi‧ne‧ral

AdjectiveEdit

mineral (plural minerales)

mineral

Derived termsEdit

agua mineral

NounEdit

mineral m (plural minerales)

mineral

Derived termsEdit

SwedishEdit

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ˌminɛˈraːl/

NounEdit

mineral n

mineral

DeclensionEdit

Declension of mineral
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mineral	mineralet	mineraler	mineralerna
Genitive	minerals	mineralets	mineralers	mineralernas

mineral

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