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").

• (British) IPA: /ˈmɪn.ə.ɹəl/, /ˈmɪn.ɹəl/
• (America) IPA: /ˈmɪn.ɚ.əl/, /ˈmɪn.ɹəl/

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.
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 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 (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 […]

• 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

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