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mineral water

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Water from a spring that naturally contains dissolved minerals, often treated in any of several ways (filtering, aerating etc) and bottled; used either therapeutically or by preference, as a beverage, bath, or food ingredient.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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noun

Meaning 2

water naturally or artificially impregnated with mineral salts or gasses; often effervescent; often used therapeutically

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: drinking water

Narrower terms: seltzer, Vichy water, lithia water

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Across languages

Translations

109 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: mineraalwater — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Albanian: ujë mineral — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Arabic: مَاء مَعْدِنِيّ (māʔ maʕdiniyy) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Arabic: ما معدني (mā maʕdini) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Armenian: հանքային ջուր (hankʻayin ǰur) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Asturian: agua mineral — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Azerbaijani: mineral su — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Basque: ur mineral — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Belarusian: мінера́льная вада́ (minjerálʹnaja vadá) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Belarusian: мінера́лка (minjerálka) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Bengali: খনিজ পানি (khonij pani) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Bulgarian: минера́лна вода́ (minerálna vodá) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Burmese: တွင်းထွက်ရေ (twang:htwak-re) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Burmese: ဓာတ်သတ္တုရေ (dhatsattu.re) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Catalan: aigua mineral — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Chinese Cantonese: 礦泉水 /矿泉水 (kwong3 cyun4 seoi2) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Chinese Mandarin: 礦泉水 /矿泉水 (kuàngquánshuǐ) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Czech: minerálka — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Czech: minerální voda — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Danish: danskvand — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Danish: mineralvand — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Dutch: mineraalwater — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Esperanto: mineralakvo — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Estonian: mineraalvesi — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Finnish: kivennäisvesi — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Finnish: mineraalivesi — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Finnish: lähdevesi — water containing dissolved minerals
  • French: eau minérale — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Galician: auga mineral — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Georgian: მინერალური წყალი (mineraluri c̣q̇ali) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • German: Mineralwasser — water containing dissolved minerals
  • German: Wasser — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Greek: μεταλλικό νερό (metallikó neró) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Hebrew: מַיִם מִינֶרָלִיִים \ מים מינרלים (máyim minerálim) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Hindi: खनिज जल (khanij jal) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Hindi: मिनरल वॉटर (minral vŏṭar) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Hindi: मिनरल वाटर (minral vāṭar) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Hungarian: ásványvíz — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Icelandic: ölkelduvatn — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Indonesian: air mineral — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Irish: uisce mianraí — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Italian: acqua minerale — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Japanese: ミネラルウォーター (mineraru wōtā) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Japanese: 鉱泉水 (kōsensui) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Kazakh: минерал су — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Khmer: ទឹកខនិជ (tɨk khɑɑkhɑnɨc) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Korean: 광천수 (gwangcheonsu) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Korean: 미네랄 워터 — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Northern Kurdish: ava mîneral — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Northern Kurdish: ava madenî — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Northern Kurdish: ava berbesî — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Kyrgyz: минерал суу — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Lao: ນ້ໍາແຣ່ (nam rǣ) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Lao: ນ້ໍາແຮ່ (nam hǣ) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Latin: aqua medicata — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Latvian: mineralūdens — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Lithuanian: mineralinis vanduo — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Luxembourgish: Mineralwaasser — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Macedonian: кисела́ вода (kiselá voda) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Macedonian: минера́лна вода (minerálna voda) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Malay: air mineral — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Malay: air semulajadi — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Maltese: ilma minerali — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Mongolian: рашаан ус (rašaan us) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mineralvann — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mineralvatn — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Odia: ଖଣିଜ ଜଳ (khaṇija jaḷa) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Pashto: معدني اوبه (ma'dani obə) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Dari: آبِ مَعْدَنِی (āb-i ma'danī) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Iranian Persian: آبِ مَعْدَنی (âb-e ma'dani) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Polish: woda mineralna — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Portuguese: água mineral — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Romanian: apă minerală — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Russian: минера́льная вода́ (minerálʹnaja vodá) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Russian: минера́лка (minerálka) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Serbo-Croatian: кисела вода — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Serbo-Croatian: минерална вода — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Serbo-Croatian: kisela voda — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Serbo-Croatian: mineralna voda — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Sindhi: ُمعدنياب (maediniyaab) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Slovak: minerálna voda — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Slovak: minerálka — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Slovene: mineralna voda — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Southern Altai: минеральный суу (mineralʹnïy suu) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Spanish: agua mineral — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Spanish: agua mineralizada — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Swahili: madini — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Swedish: mineralvatten — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Tajik: оби маъданӣ (ob-i ma'dani) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Tamil: கனிம நீர் (kaṉima nīr) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Tatar: минераль су (mineralʹ su) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Thai: น้ําแร่ (nám-rɛ̂ɛ) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Tibetan: གཏེར་ཆུ (gter chu) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Turkish: maden suyu — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Turkish: mineralli su — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Turkish: soda — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Turkmen: mineral suw — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Udmurt: муиз ву (muiz vu) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Ukrainian: мінера́льна вода́ (minerálʹna vodá) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Ukrainian: мінера́лка (minerálka) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Urdu: مَعْدَنی پانی (ma'danī pānī) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Urdu: مِنْرَل واٹَر (minral vāṭar) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Uyghur: مىنېرال سۇ (minëral su) — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Uzbek: mineral suv — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Vietnamese: nước khoáng — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Volapük: minavat — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Welsh: dŵr mineral — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Welsh: dŵr mwynol — water containing dissolved minerals
  • Yiddish: מינעראַל־וואַסער (mineral-vaser) — water containing dissolved minerals