adj
Meaning 1
of, related to, or containing minerals
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
mineral
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɪn.ə.ɹəl/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmɪn.ɹəl/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈmɪn.ə.ɹəl/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈmɪn.ɚ.əl/
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Canada, General-American: /ˈmɪn.ɹəl/
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Australian: /ˈmɪn.ə.ɹəl/
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Australian: /ˈmɪn.ɹəl/
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CMU ARPABET: M IH1 N ER0 AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: M IH1 N R AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A number of places in the United States, including:
A census-designated place in Tehama County, California.
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name
Meaning 3
A number of places in the United States, including:
A town in Louisa County, Virginia.
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noun
Meaning 4
Any naturally occurring material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties; especially, an inorganic and crystalline one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 5
Any inorganic material (as distinguished from animal or vegetable).
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noun
Meaning 6
Any inorganic element that is essential to nutrition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: nutrition
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noun
Meaning 7
Mineral water.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
Meaning 8
A soft drink, particularly a single serve bottle or can.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, Nigeria, South-Africa, informal
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noun
Meaning 9
A mine or mineral deposit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Meaning 10
A poisonous or dangerous substance.
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Usage: obsolete
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adjective
Meaning 11
relating to minerals
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- mineral elements
- mineral deposits
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adjective satellite
Meaning 12
composed of matter other than plant or animal
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the inorganic mineral world
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noun
Meaning 13
solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: material, stuff
Narrower terms: ader wax, earth wax, mineral wax, ozokerite, ozocerite, amblygonite, amphibole, amphibole group, apatite, aragonite, argentite, argyrodite, arsenopyrite, mispickel, asphalt, mineral pitch, augite, baddeleyite, bastnasite, bastnaesite, bauxite, beryl, borax, bornite, peacock ore, carnallite, cassiterite, celestite, cerussite, white lead ore, chalcocite, copper glance, chalcopyrite, copper pyrites, chlorite, chromite, chrysoberyl, cinnabar, cobaltite, halite, rock salt, columbite-tantalite, coltan, cordierite, corundom, corundum, cristobalite, crocolite, cryolite, Greenland spar, cuprite, dolomite, bitter spar, earth color, emery, erythrite, cobalt bloom, fergusonite, fluorite, fluorspar, fluor, gadolinite, ytterbite, galena, garnet, garnierite, germanite, gibbsite, glauconite, greenockite, cadmium sulphide, gypsum, hausmannite, heavy spar, barite, barytes, barium sulphate, hemimorphite, calamine, ilmenite, jadeite, kainite, kaolinite, kernite, kieserite, kyanite, cyanite, langbeinite, magnesite, malachite, maltha, mineral tar, manganite, meerschaum, sepiolite, mica, isinglass, millerite, molybdenite, monazite, nepheline, nephelite, nephelinite, niobite, columbite, nitrocalcite, olivine, olivenite, opal, ore, orpiment, osmiridium, iridosmine, pentlandite, periclase, magnesia, magnesium oxide, pinite, pollucite, psilomelane, pyrite, iron pyrite, fool's gold, pyrolusite, pyromorphite, green lead ore, pyrophyllite, pyroxene, pyrrhotite, pyrrhotine, magnetic pyrites, quartz, realgar, red clay, rhodochrosite, rhodonite, rutile, samarskite, sapphirine, scheelite, smaltite, sodalite, spar, spinel, spodumene, stannite, tin pyrites, stibnite, strontianite, sylvanite, graphic tellurium, sylvite, sylvine, talc, talcum, tantalite, thorite, thortveitite, topaz, tourmaline, tridymite, turquoise, vanadinite, vermiculite, vesuvianite, vesuvian, idocrase, wolframite, iron manganese tungsten, wollastonite, wulfenite, wurtzite, xenotime, zeolite, zinc blende, blende, sphalerite, zinkenite, zircon, zirconium silicate
History
Etymology
From Middle English mineral, borrowed from Old French mineral, (French minéral), from Medieval Latin minerale, from minera (“ore”), probably ultimately derived from Latin mina (“ore, mine”).
Across languages
Translations
147 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: հանքային (hankʻayin) — relating to or containing minerals
- Catalan: mineral — relating to or containing minerals
- Chinese Mandarin: 矿物的 (kuàngwù de) — relating to or containing minerals
- Czech: minerální — relating to or containing minerals
- Danish: mineralsk — relating to or containing minerals
- Finnish: mineraalinen — relating to or containing minerals
- Finnish: kivennäis- — relating to or containing minerals
- French: minéral — relating to or containing minerals
- Georgian: მინერალური (mineraluri) — relating to or containing minerals
- Greek: μεταλλικός (metallikós) — relating to or containing minerals
- Greek: ορυκτός (oryktós) — relating to or containing minerals
- Irish: mianrach — relating to or containing minerals
- Italian: minerale — relating to or containing minerals
- Japanese: 鉱物の (kōbutsu no) — relating to or containing minerals
- Kashubian: mineralny — relating to or containing minerals
- Kazakh: минералдық (mineraldyq) — relating to or containing minerals
- Norwegian Bokmål: mineralsk — relating to or containing minerals
- Norwegian Nynorsk: mineralsk — relating to or containing minerals
- Polish: mineralny — relating to or containing minerals
- Portuguese: mineral — relating to or containing minerals
- Swedish: mineralisk — relating to or containing minerals
- Albanian: mineral — in geology
- Amharic: ማዕድን (maʿdən) — in geology
- Arabic: مَعْدِن (maʕdin) — in geology
- Armenian: հանք (hankʻ) — in geology
- Armenian: հանքաքար (hankʻakʻar) — in geology
- Assamese: খনিজ (khoniz) — in geology
- Atayal: bblbaliq — in geology
- Azerbaijani: mineral — in geology
- Belarusian: мінера́л (minjerál) — in geology
- Bengali: খনিজ (khonij) — in geology
- Bulgarian: минера́л (minerál) — in geology
- Burmese: ဓာတ် (dhat) — in geology
- Catalan: mineral — in geology
- Chinese Mandarin: 礦物 /矿物 (kuàngwù) — in geology
- Cornish: moon — in geology
- Czech: minerál — in geology
- Czech: nerost — in geology
- Danish: mineral — in geology
- Dutch: delfstof — in geology
- Dutch: mineraal — in geology
- Esperanto: mineralo — in geology
- Estonian: mineraal — in geology
- Finnish: mineraali — in geology
- Finnish: kivennäinen — in geology
- French: minéral — in geology
- Galician: mineral — in geology
- Georgian: მინერალი (minerali) — in geology
- German: Mineral — in geology
- Greek: ορυκτό (oryktó) — in geology
- Greek: μετάλλευμα (metállevma) — in geology
- Hebrew: מִינֶרָל — in geology
- Hebrew: מַחְצָב (maẖtzáv) — in geology
- Hindi: खनिज (khanij) — in geology
- Hungarian: ásvány — in geology
- Icelandic: steinefni — in geology
- Indonesian: mineral — in geology
- Indonesian: pelikan — in geology
- Irish: mianra — in geology
- Italian: minerale — in geology
- Japanese: 鉱物 (kōbutsu) — in geology
- Kashmiri: کھانٕز (khānụz) — in geology
- Kashubian: minerôł — in geology
- Kazakh: минерал (mineral) — in geology
- Khmer: រ៉ែ (rae) — in geology
- Khmer: ខនិជ (khɑɑkhɑnɨc) — in geology
- Korean: 광물 (gwangmul) — in geology
- Lao: ແຮ່ (hǣ) — in geology
- Lao: ແຮ່ທາດ (hǣ thāt) — in geology
- Lao: ສິນແຮ່ (sin hǣ) — in geology
- Latin: minerale — in geology
- Latvian: minerāls — in geology
- Lithuanian: mineralas — in geology
- Macedonian: минера́л (minerál) — in geology
- Macedonian: руда (ruda) — in geology
- Malay: mineral — in geology
- Māori: manawa whenua — in geology
- Māori: ōpapa — in geology
- Māori: kohuke — in geology
- Mongolian: минерал (mineral) — in geology
- Norwegian Bokmål: mineral — in geology
- Norwegian Nynorsk: mineral — in geology
- Persian: کانی (kâni) — in geology
- Polish: minerał — in geology
- Portuguese: mineral — in geology
- Romanian: mineral — in geology
- Romanian: minerale — in geology
- Russian: минера́л (minerál) — in geology
- Serbo-Croatian: минерал — in geology
- Serbo-Croatian: mineral — in geology
- Sinhalese: ඛනිජ (khanija) — in geology
- Slovak: minerál — in geology
- Slovene: mineral — in geology
- Spanish: mineral — in geology
- Swedish: mineral — in geology
- Tagalog: lupangkap — in geology
- Tajik: маъдан (ma'dan) — in geology
- Thai: แร่ (rɛ̂ɛ) — in geology
- Thai: แร่ธาตุ — in geology
- Thai: สินแร่ (sǐn-rɛ̂ɛ) — in geology
- Turkish: mineral — in geology
- Turkish: maden — in geology
- Ottoman Turkish: معدن (maʼden) — in geology
- Udmurt: муиз (muiz) — in geology
- Udmurt: минерал (mińeral) — in geology
- Ukrainian: мінера́л (minerál) — in geology
- Uzbek: mineral — in geology
- Vietnamese: khoáng sản — in geology
- Vietnamese: khoáng vật — in geology
- Welsh: mwyn — in geology
- Catalan: mineral — as opposed to animal and vegetable
- Czech: minerál — as opposed to animal and vegetable
- Dutch: mineraal — as opposed to animal and vegetable
- Finnish: kivennäinen — as opposed to animal and vegetable
- French: minéral — as opposed to animal and vegetable
- Greek: ορυκτό (oryktó) — as opposed to animal and vegetable
- Indonesian: mineral — as opposed to animal and vegetable
- Italian: minerale — as opposed to animal and vegetable
- Japanese: 鉱物 (kōbutsu) — as opposed to animal and vegetable
- Macedonian: минера́л (minerál) — as opposed to animal and vegetable
- Māori: kohuke — as opposed to animal and vegetable
- Norwegian: mineral — as opposed to animal and vegetable
- Persian: معدنی (ma'dani) — as opposed to animal and vegetable
- Portuguese: mineral — as opposed to animal and vegetable
- Romanian: mineral — as opposed to animal and vegetable
- Russian: минера́л (minerál) — as opposed to animal and vegetable
- Thai: แร่ (rɛ̂ɛ) — as opposed to animal and vegetable
- Armenian: հանքանյութ (hankʻanyutʻ) — in nutrition
- Bulgarian: минерал (mineral) — in nutrition
- Catalan: mineral — in nutrition
- Dutch: mineraal — in nutrition
- Finnish: hivenaine — in nutrition
- Finnish: kivennäisaine — in nutrition
- French: minéral — in nutrition
- Greek: μέταλλο (métallo) — in nutrition
- Hungarian: ásványi anyag — in nutrition
- Japanese: ミネラル (mineraru) — in nutrition
- Macedonian: минера́л (minerál) — in nutrition
- Norwegian: mineral — in nutrition
- Portuguese: mineral — in nutrition
- Romanian: mineral — in nutrition
- Swahili: madini — in nutrition
- Swedish: mineral — in nutrition
- Tagalog: lupangkap — in nutrition
- Thai: แร่ธาตุ — in nutrition
- Thai: เกลือแร่ (glʉʉa-rɛ̂ɛ) — in nutrition
- Turkish: mineral madde — in nutrition
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