mineral

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. 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. Any inorganic element that is essential to nutrition; a dietary mineral.
4. Mineral water.
5. (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.

Mineral

Erz

Tafelwasser

earth’s crust

semi-precious stone

inorganic material

metalluric

rock deposit

produced in a mine

apatite

minerall

Frequenz

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈmɪn.ə.ɹəl/

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”).