Meanings
nounmineralogy (countable and uncountable, plural mineralogies)
plural mineralogies · alternative rare minerology
Origin
- Latin-logia“study”
- Medieval Latinminera“mineral”
- New Latinminerālogia
- Englishmineralogy
From New Latin minerālogia, from Medieval Latin minera (“mineral”) + Latin -logia (“study”). By surface analysis, mineral + -logy.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans mineralogie, delfstofkunde
- mineralogiethe study or science of minerals
- delfstofkundethe study or science of minerals
Basque mineralogia
- mineralogiathe study or science of minerals
Bulgarian минерало́гия
- минерало́гия (mineralógija)the study or science of minerals
Catalan mineralogia
- mineralogiathe study or science of minerals
Chinese Cantonese 礦物學 /矿物学
- 礦物學 /矿物学 (kwong³ mat⁶ hok⁶)the study or science of minerals
Chinese Mandarin 礦物學 /矿物学
- 礦物學 /矿物学 (kuàngwù xué)the study or science of minerals
Czech mineralogie
- mineralogiethe study or science of minerals
Danish mineralogi
- mineralogithe study or science of minerals
Dutch mineralogie
- mineralogiethe study or science of minerals
Esperanto mineralogio
- mineralogiothe study or science of minerals
Estonian mineraloogia
- mineraloogiathe study or science of minerals
Finnish mineralogia
- mineralogiathe study or science of minerals
French minéralogie
- minéralogiethe study or science of minerals
German Mineralogie
- Mineralogiethe study or science of minerals
Greek ορυκτολογία
- ορυκτολογία (oryktología)the study or science of minerals
Hebrew מינרלוגיה
- מינרלוגיה (mineralogya)the study or science of minerals
Hungarian ásványtan, mineralógia
- ásványtanthe study or science of minerals
- mineralógiathe study or science of minerals
Icelandic steindafræði
- steindafræðithe study or science of minerals
Indonesian mineralogi
- mineralogithe study or science of minerals
Irish mianreolaíocht
- mianreolaíochtthe study or science of minerals
Italian mineralogia
- mineralogiathe study or science of minerals
Japanese 鉱物学
- 鉱物学 (kōbutsugaku)the study or science of minerals
Korean 광물학
- 광물학 (gwangmulhak)the study or science of minerals
Latvian mineraloģija
- mineraloģijathe study or science of minerals
Lithuanian mineralogija
- mineralogijathe study or science of minerals
Norwegian Bokmål mineralogi
- mineralogithe study or science of minerals
Persian کانیشناسی
- کانیشناسی (kâni-šenâsi)the study or science of minerals
Polish mineralogia
- mineralogiathe study or science of minerals
Portuguese mineralogia
- mineralogiathe study or science of minerals
Romanian mineralogie
- mineralogiethe study or science of minerals
Russian минерало́гия
- минерало́гия (mineralógija)the study or science of minerals
Slovak mineralógia
- mineralógiathe study or science of minerals
Spanish mineralogía
- mineralogíathe study or science of minerals
Swahili mineralojia
- mineralojiathe study or science of minerals
Swedish mineralogi
- mineralogithe study or science of minerals
Tagalog lupangkapan
- lupangkapanthe study or science of minerals
Turkish mineraloji
- mineralojithe study or science of minerals
Ukrainian мінерало́гія
- мінерало́гія (mineralóhija)the study or science of minerals
Vietnamese khoáng vật học
- khoáng vật họcthe study or science of minerals
Cite this entry
APA
mineralogy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mineralogy
MLA
“mineralogy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mineralogy. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mineralogy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mineralogy.
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