• IPA: /ˈmɪ.nəɹ.əl/, /ˈmɪn.ɹəl/

mineral (plural minerals)

1. (geology) Any naturally occurring inorganic material that has a (more or less) definite chemical composition and characteristic physical properties.
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, informal) A soft drink, particularly a single serve bottle or can.
6. (obsolete) A mine or mineral deposit#Noun|deposit.
   • c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act 4, scene 1]:

     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, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act 1, scene 2]:

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

• mine
• mineralogy

• French: minéral
• German: Mineral
• Italian: minerale
• Portuguese: mineral
• Russian: минера́л
• Spanish: mineral

• French: minéral
• Italian: minerale
• Portuguese: mineral
• Russian: минера́л

• French: minéral
• Portuguese: mineral

mineral (not comparable)

1. of, related to, or containing minerals

• French: minéral
• Italian: minerale
• Portuguese: mineral

1. CDP in Tehama County, California.