different between mineral vs berborite

English

Alternative forms

• minerall (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English mineral, borrowed from Old French mineral, (French minéral), from Medieval Latin minerale, from minera (“ore”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.n??.?l/, /?m?n.??l/

Noun

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. (Britain) Mineral water.
5. (Ireland, South Africa, informal) A soft drink, particularly a single serve bottle or can.
6. (obsolete) A mine or mineral deposit.

   • 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.

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

Related terms

• mine
• mineralogy

Translations

Adjective

mineral (not comparable)

1. of, related to, or containing minerals

Translations

Derived terms

References

• mineral at OneLook Dictionary Search
• mineral in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Lierman, manlier, marline, railmen, ramline

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /mi.n???al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /mi.ne??al/
• Rhymes: -al

Adjective

mineral (masculine and feminine plural minerals)

1. mineral

Noun

mineral m (plural minerals)

1. mineral

Further reading

• “mineral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Crimean Tatar

Noun

mineral

1. mineral.

Declension

Adjective

mineral

1. mineral.

Mineral suv = mineral water.

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajins?ko-kryms?kotatars?kyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]?^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, ?ISBN

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?min?????l/

Noun

mineral n (singular definite mineralet, plural indefinite mineraler)

1. mineral

Declension

See also

• mineralog
• mineralsalt
• mineralvand

Further reading

• “mineral” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “mineral” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Galician

Pronunciation

Noun

mineral m (plural minerais)

1. mineral

Further reading

• “mineral” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

mineral n (definite singular mineralet, indefinite plural mineral or mineraler, definite plural minerala or mineralene)

1. mineral

Derived terms

• mineralog
• mineralsk
• mineralvann

Related terms

• mineralogi

References

• “mineral” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

mineral n (definite singular mineralet, indefinite plural mineral, definite plural minerala)

1. mineral

Derived terms

• mineralog
• mineralsk

Related terms

• mineralogi

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /min???a?/
• Hyphenation: mi?ne?ral

Noun

mineral m (plural minerais)

1. (geology) mineral (naturally occurring inorganic material with characteristic physical properties)
2. (nutrition) mineral (inorganic element essential to nutrition)

Adjective

mineral m or f (plural minerais, comparable)

1. mineral (relating to or made of minerals)

Related terms

• minério

Romanian

Etymology

From French minéral, from Latin mineralis.

Adjective

mineral m or n (feminine singular mineral?, masculine plural minerali, feminine and neuter plural minerale)

1. mineral

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min?ra?l/
• Hyphenation: mi?ne?ral

Noun

minèr?l m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. mineral

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mine??al/, [mi.ne??al]
• Hyphenation: mi?ne?ral

Adjective

mineral (plural minerales)

1. mineral

Derived terms

• agua mineral

Noun

mineral m (plural minerales)

1. mineral

Derived terms

Further reading

• “mineral” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?min??ra?l/

Noun

mineral n

1. mineral

Declension

Further reading

• mineral in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

English

Noun

berborite (plural berborites)

1. (mineralogy) A colorless trigonal or hexagonal mineral, with chemical formula Be₂(BO₃)(OH,F)·(H₂O).

Further reading

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Berborite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
• “berborite”, in Mindat.org?^[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.