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English

Possessive pronoun

mine

  1. That which belongs to me; the possessive case of I, used without a following noun.

Translations

  • Breton: ma hini singular, ma re plural
  • Dutch: het mijne
  • Finnish: minun , mun (colloquial)
  • French: le mien m singular, la mienne f singular, les miens m plural, les miennes f plural
    Note: In French, the gender of this pronoun agrees with the thing(s) owned, not with the owner.
  • Italian: il mio m singular, la mia f singular, i miei m plural, le mie f plural
    Note: In Italian, the gender of this pronoun agrees with the thing(s) owned, not with the owner.
  • Latvian: mans m singular, mana f singular, mani m plural, manas f plural
    Note: In Latvian, the gender of this pronoun agrees with the thing(s) owned, not with the owner.
  • Pitjantjatjara: ngayuku
  • Polish: mój m, moja f, moje n
  • Romanian: al meu m , a mea f
  • Spanish: lo mio m
  • Swedish: min c, mitt n, mina plural

Noun

mine (plural: mines )

  1. A place in the ground from which ore is extracted.
  2. A device intended to explode when stepped upon, touched, or in proximity to a ship or vehicle.
  3. A type of firework that explodes on the ground, shooting sparks upward.

Related terms

  • coal mine
  • land mine , landmine
  • minefield
  • mine of information
  • mine shaft

Translations

place from which ore is extracted

  • Finnish: kaivos
  • French: mine f
  • German: Grube f, Mine f, Bergwerk n
  • Italian: miniera f

exploding device

  • Finnish: miina
  • French: mine f
  • German: Mine f
  • Italian: mina f
  • Latvian: mīna
  • Portuguese: mina f
  • Swedish: mina c

firework

Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above. The numbering is unreliable.

  • Breton: mengleuz f -ioù (1), min m (2, 3)
  • Dutch: mijn f
  • Indonesian: tambang (1), ranjau (2)
  • Japanese: 鉱山 (こうざん, kōzan) (1), 地雷 (じらい, jirai) (2)
  • Khmer: មីន (2)
  • Korean: 광산 [鑛山] (kwangsan) (1), 지뢰 [地雷] (jiroe)
  • Polish: kopalnia f (1), mina f (2)
  • Romanian: mină (1, 2)
  • Slovene: rudnik m (1), mina f (2)
  • Spanish: mina f

Transitive verb

to mine (mining, mined , mined)

  1. To remove (ore) from the ground.
  2. To sow mines (the explosive devices) in (an area).
  3. To damage (a vehicle or ship) with a mine (an explosive device).

Related terms

Translations

remove from the ground

  • Finnish: louhia , kaivaa
  • Italian: scavare , estrarre
  • Latvian: iegūt
  • Portuguese: explorar , minar
  • Spanish: extraer

sow mines in

  • Finnish: miinoittaa
  • Italian: mettere mine in
  • Latvian: mīnēt
  • Portuguese: minar
  • Spanish: minar

damage with a mine

  • Latvian: mīnēt , spridzināt
Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above. The numbering is unreliable.

  • Breton: mengleuziañ (1), minañ (2)
  • German: verminen (2)
  • Polish: wydobywać (1), minować (2)
  • Slovene: kopati rudo (1), minirati (2), polagati mine (2)

German

Noun

Mine f (plural Minen )

  1. mine (explosive device)
  2. mine (place where ore is removed)



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