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mineral¹

  • /ˈmɪn.ə.ɹəl/ UK
  • /ˈmɪn.ɹəl/ UK
  • /ˈmɪn.ə.ɹəl/ Canada, US
  • /ˈmɪn.ɚ.əl/ Canada, US
  • /ˈmɪn.ɹəl/ Canada, US
  • /ˈmɪn.ə.ɹəl/ Australia
  • /ˈmɪn.ɹəl/ Australia

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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”).

noun minerals · minerall

  1. Any naturally occurring solid material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties; especially, an inorganic and crystalline one. The physiology of matter in the abstract is dynamical, that of mineral species is both dynamical and chemical, while that of organized forms is at once dynamical, chemical, and biotical.
  2. Any inorganic material (as distinguished from animal or vegetable).
  3. Any inorganic element that is essential to nutrition.
  4. UK Mineral water.
  5. Ireland, Nigeria, South Africa, informal A soft drink, particularly a single serve bottle or can.
  6. obsolete A mine or mineral deposit. 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. ...Thou hast... / Abused her delicate youth with drugs or minerals[…]

Similar: mineral

adjective minerall

  1. not comparable of, related to, or containing minerals

Mineral²

proper noun

  1. A census-designated place in Tehama County, California.
  2. A town in Louisa County, Virginia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mineralized, inorganic, asphaltic, petrified, rock, mineralogy, iolite, ore, fossil, metal, stone, metallic, metallurgical, metallurgy, soda, mining

noun

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noun in geology

Españolmineral
한국어광물 gwangmul
日本語鉱物 kōbutsu
中文礦物 /矿物 kuàngwù
हिन्दीखनिज khanij
Portuguêsmineral
Françaisminéral
DeutschMineral
Italianominerale
Ελληνικάορυκτό oryktó, μετάλλευμα metállevma
Românămineral
Русскийминера́л minerál
Tiếng Việtkhoáng sản, khoáng vật
العربيةمَعْدِن maʕdin
עבריתמִינֶרָל minerál, מַחְצָב makhtsáv

noun as opposed to animal and vegetable

日本語鉱物 kōbutsu
Portuguêsmineral
Françaisminéral
Italianominerale
Ελληνικάορυκτό oryktó
Românămineral
Русскийминера́л minerál

noun in nutrition

日本語ミネラル mineraru
Kiswahilimadini
Portuguêsmineral
Françaisminéral
Ελληνικάμέταλλο métallo
Românămineral
Русскийминера́л minerál

adj relating to or containing minerals

日本語鉱物の kōbutsu no
中文矿物的 kuàngwù de
हिन्दीखनिज khanij
Portuguêsmineral
Françaisminéral
Italianominerale
Ελληνικάμεταλλικός metallikós, ορυκτός oryktós

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@misc{mineral_2026,
  title = {mineral},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mineral},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}