mineral water

noun

Water from a spring that naturally contains dissolved minerals, often treated in any of several ways (filtering, aerating etc) and bottled; used either therapeutically or by preference, as a beverage, bath, or food ingredient.

Meanings

nounmineral water (usually uncountable, plural mineral waters)

plural mineral waters

  1. uncountableusuallyWater from a spring that naturally contains dissolved minerals, often treated in any of several ways (filtering, aerating etc) and bottled; used either therapeutically or by preference, as a beverage, bath, or food ingredient.

    Bell pushes labelled "Steward" proved to be more than ornamental, even though gassy mineral waters may not be the ideal fare for a narrow-gauge journey.

    1958 July 28, R. K. Kirkland, “Into the Mountains on the Festiniog Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 452

Translations

Afrikaans mineraalwater
  • mineraalwaterwater containing dissolved minerals
Arabic مَاء مَعْدِنِيّ
  • مَاء مَعْدِنِيّ (māʔ maʕdiniyy)water containing dissolved minerals
Basque ur mineral
  • ur mineralwater containing dissolved minerals
Bengali খনিজ পানি
  • খনিজ পানি (khonij pani)water containing dissolved minerals
Bulgarian минера́лна вода́
  • минера́лна вода́ (minerálna vodá)water containing dissolved minerals
Catalan aigua mineral
  • aigua mineralwater containing dissolved minerals
Chinese Cantonese 礦泉水 /矿泉水
  • 礦泉水 /矿泉水 (kwong³ cyun⁴ seoi²)water containing dissolved minerals
Chinese Mandarin 礦泉水 /矿泉水
  • 礦泉水 /矿泉水 (kuàngquánshuǐ)water containing dissolved minerals
Czech minerálka, minerální voda
  • minerálkawater containing dissolved minerals
  • minerální vodawater containing dissolved minerals
Danish danskvand, mineralvand
  • danskvandwater containing dissolved minerals
  • mineralvandwater containing dissolved minerals
Dutch mineraalwater
  • mineraalwaterwater containing dissolved minerals
Esperanto mineralakvo
  • mineralakvowater containing dissolved minerals
Estonian mineraalvesi
  • mineraalvesiwater containing dissolved minerals
Finnish kivennäisvesi, mineraalivesi
  • kivennäisvesiwater containing dissolved minerals
  • mineraalivesiwater containing dissolved minerals
  • lähdevesiwater containing dissolved minerals
French eau minérale
  • eau minéralewater containing dissolved minerals
German Mineralwasser, Wasser
  • Mineralwasserwater containing dissolved minerals
  • Wasserwater containing dissolved minerals
Greek μεταλλικό νερό
  • μεταλλικό νερό (metallikó neró)water containing dissolved minerals
Hebrew מַיִם מִינֶרָלִיִים \ מים מינרלים
  • מַיִם מִינֶרָלִיִים \ מים מינרלים (máyim minerálim)water containing dissolved minerals
Hindi खनिज जल, मिनरल वॉटर
  • खनिज जल (khanij jal)water containing dissolved minerals
  • मिनरल वॉटर (minral vŏṭar)water containing dissolved minerals
  • मिनरल वाटर (minral vāṭar)water containing dissolved minerals
Hungarian ásványvíz
  • ásványvízwater containing dissolved minerals
Icelandic ölkelduvatn
  • ölkelduvatnwater containing dissolved minerals
Indonesian air mineral
  • air mineralwater containing dissolved minerals
Irish uisce mianraí
  • uisce mianraíwater containing dissolved minerals
Italian acqua minerale
  • acqua mineralewater containing dissolved minerals
Japanese ミネラルウォーター, 鉱泉水
  • ミネラルウォーター (mineraru wōtā)water containing dissolved minerals
  • 鉱泉水 (kōsensui)water containing dissolved minerals
Korean 광천수, 미네랄 워터
  • 광천수 (gwangcheonsu)water containing dissolved minerals
  • 미네랄 워터water containing dissolved minerals
Latin aqua medicata
  • aqua medicatawater containing dissolved minerals
Latvian mineralūdens
  • mineralūdenswater containing dissolved minerals
Lithuanian mineralinis vanduo
  • mineralinis vanduowater containing dissolved minerals
Malay air mineral, air semulajadi
  • air mineralwater containing dissolved minerals
  • air semulajadiwater containing dissolved minerals
Norwegian Bokmål mineralvann
  • mineralvannwater containing dissolved minerals
Polish woda mineralna
  • woda mineralnawater containing dissolved minerals
Portuguese água mineral
  • água mineralwater containing dissolved minerals
Romanian apă minerală
  • apă mineralăwater containing dissolved minerals
Russian минера́льная вода́, минера́лка
  • минера́льная вода́ (minerálʹnaja vodá)water containing dissolved minerals
  • минера́лка (minerálka)water containing dissolved minerals
Slovak minerálna voda, minerálka
  • minerálna vodawater containing dissolved minerals
  • minerálkawater containing dissolved minerals
Spanish agua mineral, agua mineralizada
  • agua mineralwater containing dissolved minerals
  • agua mineralizadawater containing dissolved minerals
Swahili madini
  • madiniwater containing dissolved minerals
Swedish mineralvatten
  • mineralvattenwater containing dissolved minerals
Tamil கனிம நீர்
  • கனிம நீர் (kaṉima nīr)water containing dissolved minerals
Thai น้ำแร่
  • น้ำแร่ (nám-rɛ̂ɛ)water containing dissolved minerals
Turkish maden suyu, mineralli su
  • maden suyuwater containing dissolved minerals
  • mineralli suwater containing dissolved minerals
  • sodawater containing dissolved minerals
Ukrainian мінера́льна вода́, мінера́лка
  • мінера́льна вода́ (minerálʹna vodá)water containing dissolved minerals
  • мінера́лка (minerálka)water containing dissolved minerals
Urdu مَعْدَنی پانی, مِنْرَل واٹَر
  • مَعْدَنی پانی (ma'danī pānī)water containing dissolved minerals
  • مِنْرَل واٹَر (minral vāṭar)water containing dissolved minerals
Vietnamese nước khoáng
  • nước khoángwater containing dissolved minerals
Welsh dŵr mineral, dŵr mwynol
  • dŵr mineralwater containing dissolved minerals
  • dŵr mwynolwater containing dissolved minerals
Yiddish מינעראַל־וואַסער
  • מינעראַל־וואַסער (mineral-vaser)water containing dissolved minerals
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