mineral
English
/ˈmɪ.nəɹ.əl/
noun
Definitions
- (geology) Any naturally occurring inorganic material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties.
- Any inorganic material (as distinguished from animal or vegetable).
- (nutrition) Any inorganic element that is essential to nutrition; a dietary mineral.
- (British) mineral Mineral water.
- (Ireland) A soft drink, particularly a single serve bottle or can.
- (obsolete) A mine or mineral deposit.
- (obsolete) A poisonous or dangerous substance.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mineral derived from Old French mineral derived from Latin minerale.
Origin
Latin
minerale
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- agromineral English
- antimineralization English
- antimineralocorticoid English
- biomineral English
- biomineralization English
- biomineralize English
- biomineralogy English
- corticoid English
- demineralization English
- demineralize English
- hydromineral English
- hypermineralization English
- hypomineralization English
- macromineral English
- mass English
- micromineral English
- micromineralogy English
- minerality English
- mineralizable English
- mineralization English
- mineralize English
- mineralizer English
- minerally English
- mineralocorticoid English
- mineralogical English
- mineralogist English
- mineralogize English
- mineralogy English
- mineraloid English
- mineralomass English
- mineratrophic English
- monomineral English
- multimineral English
- nanomineral English
- nonmineral English
- oligomineral English
- organomineral English
- organomineralization English
- permineralization English
- permineralize English
- photomineralization English
- polymineral English
- remineralization English
- remineralize English
- undermineralization English
- minerale Latin
- mineralógia Hungarian
- minéral French
- minéraliser French
- mineral Swedish
- minerał Polish
- mineral Middle English
- mineral Old French
- mass
- minerally
- corticoid
- nonmineral
- minerality
- biomineral
- mineraloid
- mineralize
- mineralogy
- nanomineral
- monomineral
- mineralizer
- agromineral
- polymineral
- macromineral
- mineralogist
- mineralogize
- micromineral
- multimineral
- remineralize
- demineralize
- oligomineral
- mineralomass
- hydromineral
- permineralize
- organomineral
- mineralogical
- mineralizable
- biomineralogy
- biomineralize
- mineratrophic
- mineralization
- micromineralogy
- remineralization
- demineralization
- permineralization
- biomineralization
- mineralocorticoid
- antimineralization
- hypomineralization
- photomineralization
- hypermineralization
- undermineralization
- organomineralization
- antimineralocorticoid