mineral

• minerall (obsolete)

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”).

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

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mineral (plural minerals)

1. (geology) Any naturally occurring material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties; especially, an inorganic one.
   • 2012 March, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 14 June 2012, 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.

2. Any inorganic material (as distinguished from animal or vegetable).
3. (nutrition) Any inorganic element that is essential to nutrition; a dietary mineral.
4. (British) Mineral water.
5. (Ireland, South Africa, Nigeria, informal) A soft drink, particularly a single serve bottle or can.
6. (obsolete) A mine or mineral deposit.
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

     O'er whom his very madness, like some ore / Among a mineral of metals base, / Shows itself pure;

7. (obsolete) A poisonous or dangerous substance.
   • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

     ...Thou hast... / Abused her delicate youth with drugs or minerals […]

• minerals (“testicles”)

• mine
• mineralogy

mineral (not comparable)

1. of, related to, or containing minerals

• “mineral”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “mineral”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

• Lierman, manlier, marline, railmen, ramline

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

mineral m or f (masculine and feminine plural minerals)

1. mineral

mineral m (plural minerals)

1. mineral

• “mineral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

mineral

1. mineral.

mineral

1. mineral.

   mineral suv

   mineral water

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌminəˈʁɑˀl/

mineral n (singular definite mineralet, plural indefinite mineraler)

1. mineral

• mineralog
• mineralsalt
• mineralvand

• “mineral” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “mineral” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

• IPA^(key): /mineˈɾal/ [mĩ.neˈɾɑɫ]
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: mi‧ne‧ral

mineral m (plural minerais)

1. mineral

• “mineral”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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

1. mineral

• mineralog
• mineralsk
• mineralvann

• mineralogi

• “mineral” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

1. mineral

• mineralog
• mineralsk

• mineralogi

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: mi‧ne‧ral

mineral m (plural minerais)

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

mineral m or f (plural minerais)

1. mineral (relating to or made of minerals)

• minério

Borrowed from French minéral, from Latin mineralis.

• IPA^(key): /mi.neˈral/

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

1. mineral

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

minèrāl m (Cyrillic spelling минѐра̄л)

1. mineral

• IPA^(key): /mineˈɾal/ [mi.neˈɾal]

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• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: mi‧ne‧ral

mineral m or f (masculine and feminine plural minerales)

1. mineral

mineral m (plural minerales)

1. mineral

• “mineral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• IPA^(key): /ˌminɛˈraːl/

mineral n

1. mineral

• mineral in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (14th ed., online)