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mineralogist

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

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noun

Meaning 1

An expert in mineralogy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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2

noun

Meaning 2

a scientist trained in mineralogy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: scientist

History

Etymology

From mineral + -logist. Compare later mineralogy and French minéralogiste.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: հանքաբան (hankʻaban) — expert in mineralogy
  • Catalan: mineralogista — expert in mineralogy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 礦物學家 /矿物学家 (kuàngwùxuéjiā) — expert in mineralogy
  • Danish: mineralog — expert in mineralogy
  • Dutch: mineraloog — expert in mineralogy
  • Esperanto: mineralogo — expert in mineralogy
  • Finnish: mineralogi — expert in mineralogy
  • French: minéralogiste — expert in mineralogy
  • Galician: mineraloxista — expert in mineralogy
  • Georgian: მინერალოგი (mineralogi) — expert in mineralogy
  • German: Mineraloge — expert in mineralogy
  • German: Mineralogin — expert in mineralogy
  • Greek: ορυκτολόγος (oryktológos) — expert in mineralogy
  • Irish: mianreolaí — expert in mineralogy
  • Italian: mineralogista — expert in mineralogy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mineralog — expert in mineralogy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mineralog — expert in mineralogy
  • Occitan: mineralogista — expert in mineralogy
  • Portuguese: mineralogista — expert in mineralogy
  • Romanian: mineralog — expert in mineralogy
  • Romanian: mineralogă — expert in mineralogy
  • Russian: минера́лог (minerálog) — expert in mineralogy
  • Slovak: mineralogička — expert in mineralogy
  • Slovak: mineralóg — expert in mineralogy
  • Spanish: mineralogista — expert in mineralogy
  • Ottoman Turkish: معدنجی (maʿdenci) — expert in mineralogy