name · noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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General-American:/ˈmaɪnˌkɹæft/
rhymes with -æft
Australian:/ˈmaɪnˌkɹɐːft/
Australia:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈmaɪnˌkɹɑːft/
rhymes with -ɑːft
CMU ARPABET:M AY1 N K R AE2 F T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A sandbox video game, released in 2011, in which players explore a three-dimensional world made of blocks and can craft items, build structures, fight mobs to get experience points, enchant items and defeat bosses to earn rewards.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: video-games
Examples
Sam has beaten the Ender Dragon twice, killed the wither thrice, obtained netherite armor and built an obsidian fort in Minecraft.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: MC
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A warship which lays naval mines.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To play the video game Minecraft.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From mine + -craft; coined by Paul Eres in May 2009, a member of the TIGSource Forums.
From mine + -craft.
Across languages
Translations
34 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
Майнкрафт
(Majnkraft)
— the game Minecraft
Literary Chinese:
礦藝
(Kuàngyì)
— the game Minecraft
Chinese Cantonese:
當個創世神 /当个创世神
(dong1 go3 cong3 sai3 san4)
— the game Minecraft
Chinese Cantonese:
Minecraft
— the game Minecraft
Chinese Mandarin:
我的世界
(Wǒ de Shìjiè)
— the game Minecraft
Chinese Mandarin:
當個創世神 /当个创世神
(Dāng ge Chuàngshì Shén)
— the game Minecraft
Chinese Mandarin:
Minecraft
— the game Minecraft
Chinese Mandarin:
麥塊 /麦块
(Màikuài)
— the game Minecraft
Czech:
Minecraft
— the game Minecraft
Danish:
Minecraft
— the game Minecraft
Dutch:
Minecraft
— the game Minecraft
Finnish:
Minecraft
— the game Minecraft
French:
Minecraft
— the game Minecraft
French:
minecraft
— the game Minecraft
German:
Minecraft
— the game Minecraft
Hindi:
माइनक्राफ़्ट
(māinkrāfṭ)
— the game Minecraft
Icelandic:
Minecraft
— the game Minecraft
Italian:
Minecraft
— the game Minecraft
Japanese:
マインクラフト
(Mainkurafuto)
— the game Minecraft
Japanese:
マイクラ
(Maikura)
— the game Minecraft
Korean:
마인크래프트
(Mainkeuraepeuteu)
— the game Minecraft
Māori:
Mahimaina
— the game Minecraft
Marathi:
माइनक्राफ्ट
(māinakrāphṭa)
— the game Minecraft
Norwegian:
Minecraft
— the game Minecraft
Persian:
ماینکرفت
(Mâinkraft)
— the game Minecraft
Polish:
Minecraft
— the game Minecraft
Portuguese:
Minecraft
— the game Minecraft
Russian:
майнкрафт
(majnkraft)
— the game Minecraft
Spanish:
Minecraft
— the game Minecraft
Swedish:
Minecraft
— the game Minecraft
Thai:
มายคราฟ
(maikhrap)
— the game Minecraft
Turkish:
Minecraft
— the game Minecraft
Ukrainian:
майнкрафт
(majnkraft)
— the game Minecraft
