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mineralogy

UK/ˌmɪnəˈralədʒi//ˌmɪnəˈɹɑləd͡ʒi/

mineralogy noun: the branch of petrology that studies minerals.

Noun

mineralogy (countable and uncountable, plural mineralogies)

  1. The branch of petrology that studies minerals.
  2. Mineral materials.
  3. A treatise on mineralogy.

mineralogy meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam

mineralogy in Tamil

கனிப்பொருளியல், கனிமயியல், கனிமவியல்

mineralogy in Bengali

খনিজ বিজ্ঞান

mineralogy in Telugu

the study or science of minerals
ఖనిజశాస్త్రము khanijaśāstramu

mineralogy in Malayalam

the study or science of minerals
ധാതുവിജ്ഞാനീയം dhātuvijñānīyaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
mineralogy in Kannada
ಖನಿಜಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ
mineralogy in Tagalog
lupangkapan
mineralogy in Indonesian
mineralogi
mineralogy in Persian
کانیشناسی kâni-šenâsi
mineralogy in Vietnamese
khoáng vật học
mineralogy in Myanmar
သတ္တုဗေဒ sattu.beda.

Forms of mineralogy

pluralmineralogies
alternative form (rare)minerology

Origin of mineralogy

From New Latin minerālogia, from Medieval Latin minera (“mineral”) + Latin -logia (“study”). By surface analysis, mineral + -logy.

Words formed from mineralogy

Questions about mineralogy

What does mineralogy mean?
Mineralogy means the branch of petrology that studies minerals.
What is mineralogy in Tamil?
Mineralogy in Tamil is கனிப்பொருளியல், கனிமயியல், கனிமவியல். See Mineralogy meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is mineralogy?
Mineralogy is a noun.
How do you pronounce mineralogy?
Mineralogy is pronounced /ˌmɪnəˈralədʒi/ (UK).
What is the plural of mineralogy?
The plural of mineralogy is mineralogies.

Words near mineralogy in the dictionary

  1. mineralogizes
  2. mineralogizing
  3. mineralographer
  4. mineralographers
  5. mineralography
  6. mineralogy
  7. mineraloid
  8. mineraloids
  9. mineralomass
  10. mineralomasses
  11. minerals

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mineralogy (page history and authors); mineralogy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mineralogy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mineralogy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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