colliery

WOTD – 18 June 2009    

English

Wikipedia

Daw Mill colliery in the United Kingdom.

Etymology

From collier +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkɒl.jə.ɹi/, X-SAMPA: /"kQl.j@(r\)i/
• (US) IPA: /ˈkɑl.jɚ.ɪ/, X-SAMPA: /kAl.j@`.I/

Noun

colliery (plural collieries)

1. (UK) An underground coal mine, together with its surface buildings.
2. (US) A facility that supplies coal.

Translations

underground coal mine

• Armenian: քարածխահանք (hy) (k’araçxahank’) 
• Bulgarian: каменовъглена мина (bg) (kamenovǎglena mina)
• Czech: uhelný (cs) důl (cs) m
• Dutch: kolenmijn (nl) c
• Finnish: hiilikaivos (fi)
• Irish: gualcha (ga) f, mianach guail (ga) m
• Italian: miniera di carbone (it) f

• Japanese: 地下炭鉱 (ja) (chika-tankō)
• Macedonian: јагленокоп (mk) (jaglenokóp) m
• Russian: угольная шахта (ru) (úgol'naja šáxta) f 
• Scottish Gaelic: mèinn-ghuail (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian: рудник угља (sh) m
• Swedish: kolgruva (sv) c

facility that supplies coal

• Japanese: 地下炭鉱施設 (ja) (chika-tankō-shisetsu)