miner

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /maɪnə/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aɪnə(r)
• Homophones: minor, mynah (non-rhotic accents)

Etymology

to mine + -er

Noun

miner (plural miners)

1. A person who works in a mine.
2. An operator of ordnance mines and similar explosives.
3. Any of four species of Australian endemic honeyeaters in the genus Manorina.

Homonyms

• minor
• myna
• mynah

Derived terms

• miner's lettuce
• leaf miner
• Bell Miner
• Black-eared Miner
• Noisy Miner
• Yellow-throated Miner

Related terms

• mine
• mining

Translations

a person who works in a mine

Basque: meatzari (eu) Chinese: Mandarin: 礦工 (cmn), 矿工 (cmn) (kuànggōng), 礦夫 (cmn), 矿夫 (cmn) (kuàngfū) Czech: havíř (cs) m., horník (cs) m. Dutch: mijnwerker (nl) m. Estonian: kaevur (et) French: mineur (fr) m. German: Bergmann (de) m., Bergarbeiter (de) m. Hebrew: כורה (he) m. Hungarian: bányász (hu) Icelandic: námumaður (is) m. Italian: minatore (it) m. Japanese: 鉱夫 (ja) (こうふ, kōfu), 坑夫 (ja) (こうふ, kōfu), 鉱山労働者 (ja) (kouzanroudousha) Korean: 광부 (ko) (gwangbu) (鑛夫 (ko))

Luxembourgish: Mineur (lb) m. Macedonian: рудар (mk) (rúdar) m. Norwegian: gruvearbeider (no) m. Polish: górnik (pl) m. Portuguese: mineiro (pt) m. Russian: шахтёр (ru) (šaxtjór) m., горняк (ru) (gornják) m. Serbo-Croatian: ру̀да̄р (sh) m., rùdār (sh) m. Silesian: grubjorz m., bergmůn m. Slovene: rudar (sl) m. Spanish: minero (es) m. Swedish: gruvarbetare (sv) c. Turkish: madenci (tr) Ukrainian: шахтар (uk) (šaxtár) m., гірник (uk) (hirnyk) m. Volapük: (male or female) meinan (vo), (male) himeinan (vo), (female) jimeinan (vo)

an operator of mines and other explosives in an army

Czech: minér (cs) m. Dutch: mineur m., mijnenlegger m., ontmijner m. Estonian: minöör (et), sapöör (et)

Hungarian: aknász (hu) Macedonian: минер (mk) (míner) m. Russian: сапёр (ru) (sapjór) m.

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Hebrew: כורה m.

Korean: 광부 (鑛夫, gwangbu)

Anagrams

• in rem

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Danish

Noun

miner c.

1. plural indefinite of mine

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French

Etymology

From mine.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mine/

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Verb

miner

1. To mine, exploit natural riches
2. (transitive) To undermine, erode

Conjugation

   Conjugation of miner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		miner			avoir miné
gerund		en minant			en ayant miné
present participle		minant
past participle		miné
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	mine	mines	mine	minons	minez	minent
	imperfect	minais	minais	minait	minions	miniez	minaient
	past historic1	minai	minas	mina	minâmes	minâtes	minèrent
	future	minerai	mineras	minera	minerons	minerez	mineront
	conditional	minerais	minerais	minerait	minerions	mineriez	mineraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	mine	mines	mine	minions	miniez	minent
	imperfect1	minasse	minasses	minât	minassions	minassiez	minassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	mine	—	minons	minez	—
1literary tenses

Derived terms

• mineur m.

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Latin

Verb

miner

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of minor

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Swedish

Noun

miner

1. indefinite plural of min