Minecraft

See also: minecraft

English

Etymology

Compound of mine +‎ craft; coined by Paul Eres in May 2009, a member of the TIGSource Forums.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪnˌkɹæft/

  Rhymes: -æft

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪnˌkɹɐːft/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪnˌkɹɑːft/

  Rhymes: -ɑːft

• Hyphenation: Mine‧craft

Proper noun

Minecraft

1. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (video games) A sandbox video game, released in 2011, in which players explore a three-dimensional world made of blocks and can craft items and build structures.

   Synonym: MC

   • 2016 September 13, Vanessa Friedman, “New York Fashion Week Comes to Life With Thom Browne and Proenza Schouler”, in The New York Times‎^[3]:

     Chlorine blue, bordered in forest green and looking out onto a Grecian gazebo, the pool was composed of hundreds of ceramic kitchen tiles, like a Minecraft version of C.Z. Guest’s once-upon-a-time world.

   • 2019 February 25, Dale Berning Sawa, “Why the world has gone wild for reversible sequins”, in The Guardian‎^[4]:

     If you know a tween, chances are you have bought them something sparkly in the past couple of years – and not only if they are a girl. From Next’s boys’ sequinned T-shirt that flips between Minecraft designs to Paperchase’s rainbow-encrusted notebook […], these addictively tactile surfaces are everywhere.

   • 2022 August 24, India Block, “Like a beige, banal biscuit tin: why London’s new buildings all look the same”, in The Guardian‎^[5]:

     London’s mayoralty insists that its new homes must look like old homes – just new, and more of them. So the city has ended up with endless variations of a Georgian terrace that looks like it’s been rendered in Minecraft.

Derived terms

• in Minecraft
• MC
• MCPE
• Minecrafter
• Minecraftian
• Minecrafty
• the craft

 

Translations

the game Minecraft

• Bulgarian: Майнкрафт f (Majnkraft)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 我的世界 (zh) (Wǒ de Shìjiè), 當個創世神／当个创世神 (Dāng ge Chuàngshì Shén)

• Czech: Minecraft m
• Danish: Minecraft
• Dutch: Minecraft (nl) n
• Finnish: Minecraft
• French: Minecraft (fr) m or f, minecraft (fr)
• German: Minecraft n
• Hindi: माइनक्राफ़्ट (māinkrāfṭ)
• Icelandic: Minecraft
• Italian: Minecraft
• Japanese: マインクラフト (Mainkurafuto), マイクラ (Maikura)
• Korean: 마인크래프트 (Mainkeuraepeuteu)
• Maori: Mahimaina
• Marathi: माइनक्राफ्ट m (māinakrāphṭa)
• Norwegian: Minecraft
• Polish: Minecraft m
• Portuguese: Minecraft m
• Russian: майнкрафт m (majnkraft)
• Swedish: Minecraft
• Turkish: Minecraft
• Ukrainian: майнкрафт (uk) m (majnkraft)
• Vietnamese: Minecraft

Verb

Minecraft (third-person singular simple present Minecrafts, present participle Minecrafting, simple past and past participle Minecrafted)

1. (intransitive) To play the videogame Minecraft.

Czech

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Minecraft.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmajn̩kraft]

Proper noun

Minecraft m inan

1. Minecraft (video game)

Declension

Declension of Minecraft (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Minecraft
genitive	Minecraftu
dative	Minecraftu
accusative	Minecraft
vocative	Minecrafte
locative	Minecraftu
instrumental	Minecraftem

Dutch

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Minecraft.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑjnkrɛft/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Minecraft n

1. Minecraft (video game)

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Minecraft

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /majn.kʁaft/

Proper noun

Minecraft m

1. (video games) Minecraft

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Minecraft.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪnkɹɑːft/, /-ɛːft/, /-aːft/, /ˈmaɪnkʁ-/

Proper noun

Minecraft n (proper noun, strong, genitive Minecrafts)

1. (video games) Minecraft

Declension

Declension of Minecraft [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Minecraft
genitive	eines	des	Minecrafts
dative	einem	dem	Minecraft
accusative	ein	das	Minecraft

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Minecraft.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maj.niˈkɾɛ.fi.t͡ʃi/ [maɪ̯.niˈkɾɛ.fi.t͡ʃi], /maj.niˈkɾɛf.t͡ʃi/ [maɪ̯.niˈkɾɛf.t͡ʃi], (careful pronunciation) /ˈmajn.kɹɛft/ [ˈmaɪ̯n.kɹɛft], (more common) /ma.niˈkɾɛ.fi.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maj.niˈkɾɛ.fi.t͡ʃi/ [maɪ̯.niˈkɾɛ.fi.t͡ʃi], /maj.niˈkɾɛf.t͡ʃi/ [maɪ̯.niˈkɾɛf.t͡ʃi], (careful pronunciation) /ˈmajn.kɹɛft/ [ˈmaɪ̯n.kɹɛft], (more common) /ma.niˈkɾɛ.fi.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maj.niˈkɾɛf.te/ [maɪ̯.niˈkɾɛf.te], /maj.niˈkɾɛ.fi.te/ [maɪ̯.niˈkɾɛ.fi.te], (careful pronunciation) /ˈmajn.kɹɛft/ [ˈmaɪ̯n.kɹɛft], (more common) /ma.niˈkɾɛ.fi.t͡ʃi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /maj.nɨˈkɾa.ftɨ/, (careful pronunciation) /ˈmajn.kɹɛft/

Proper noun

Minecraft m

1. (video games) Minecraft

   Synonym: Mine

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Maicra, Maincra (humorous)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Minecraft.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmainkɾaft/ [ˈmãĩŋ.kɾaft̪]
• Rhymes: -ainkɾaft

Proper noun

Minecraft m

1. (video games) Minecraft