Meaning

7 senses
  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.

    Mineral

    минера́лminerál

    мінера́лminerál

    solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition

  2. Any inorganic material (as distinguished from animal or vegetable).

    минера́лminerál

  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.

  7. (obsolete)A poisonous or dangerous substance.

Examples

145 sentences
  1. Do you sell mineral water?

    Ви продаєте мінеральну воду?

    ruУ вас продаётся минеральная вода?

    deVerkaufen Sie Mineralwasser?

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  2. Rocks get their color from minerals.

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  3. I always carry mineral water with me.

    deIch habe immer Mineralwasser dabei.

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  4. I always carry a bottle of mineral water with me.

    ruЯ всегда ношу с собой бутылку минеральной воды.

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  5. Do you have mineral water?

    ruУ вас есть минеральная вода?

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Translations

9 languages
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Origin

From Middle English mineral, borrowed from Old French mineral, (French minéral), from Medi

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”).

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