minerai means “ore” | MotiTan French Dictionary

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On a transporté du minerai vers la raffinerie.

We transported ore to the refinery.

A rough mass of rock brought up from a mine, still containing recoverable metal or minerals before processing.

métal: A lustrous metal obtained by refining ore that conducts heat and electricity.

Désigne la roche ou le matériau extrait d'une mine qui contient des minéraux ou des métaux exploitables, avant toute transformation industrielle.

French minerai comes from Old French minerai, based on the Latin adjective mineralis, meaning related to a mine or mineral.

Minerai is masculine, as in un minerai de fer, and it refers to the raw material rather than the refined métal.