mineral

• minerall (obsolete)

From Middle English mineral, borrowed from Old French mineral, (French minéral), from Medieval Latin minerale, from minera (“ore”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɪ.nəɹ.əl/, /ˈmɪn.ɹəl/

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mineral (plural minerals)

1. (geology) Any naturally occurring inorganic material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties.
   • 2012 March 1, Lee A. Groat, “Gemstones”, in American Scientist‎, volume 100, number 2, 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. (Britain) Mineral water.
5. (Ireland, South Africa, informal) A soft drink, particularly a single serve bottle or can.
6. (obsolete) A mine or mineral deposit.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, IV. i. 26:

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

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• mineralogy

mineral

1. of, related to, or containing minerals

• mineral at OneLook Dictionary Search
• mineral in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

• Lierman, manlier, marline, railmen, ramline

mineral (masculine and feminine plural minerals)

1. mineral

mineral m (plural minerals)

1. mineral

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

mineral n (definite singular mineralet, indefinite plural mineraler, definite plural mineralerne)

1. a mineral

• mineralog
• mineralsalt
• mineralvand

mineral m (plural minerais)

1. mineral

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

1. a mineral

• mineralog
• mineralsk
• mineralvann

• mineralogi

• “mineral” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

1. a mineral

• mineralog
• mineralsk

• mineralogi

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, comparable)

1. mineral (relating to or made of minerals)

• minério

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

minèrāl m (Cyrillic spelling минѐра̄л)

1. mineral

• IPA^(key): /mineˈɾal/

mineral (plural minerales)

1. mineral

• agua mineral

mineral m (plural minerales)

1. mineral

• mineralogía

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

mineral n

1. mineral