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Minecraft
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minecraft
English
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Etymology
en :af mine<id:excavation> -craft<id:skill> 1
From en mine<id:excavation> -craft<id:skill>; en Paul Eres May 2009 - 1 1, a member of the TIGSource TIGSource Forums.Persson Markus Minecraft: Order of the Stone https://web.archive.org/web/20210514000953/https://notch.tumblr.com/post/107676487/minecraft-order-of-the-stone 14 May 2021 Tumblr 14 May 2009Eres Paul Re:Minecraft(alpha) https://web.archive.org/web/20170707011935/https://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=6273.msg201254#msg201254 18 May 2009 TIGSource TIGSource Forums
Pronunciation
en /ˈmaɪnˌkɹæft/ GA
en æft 2
en trap-bath split
en /ˈmaɪnˌkɹɐːft/ AU
en Minecraft en-AU.ogg AU
en /ˈmaɪnˌkɹɑːft/ RP
en ɑːft 2
en Mine craft
Proper noun
en video games A sandbox video game, released in 2011, in which players explore a three-dimensional world made of blocks and can craft items, build structures, fight mobs to get experience points, enchant items and defeat bosses to earn rewards.
en MC<id:Minecraft>
en Sam has beaten the Ender Dragon twice, killed the wither thrice, obtained netherite armor and built an obsidian fort in Minecraft.
en 2016-09-13 w:Vanessa Friedman New York Fashion Week Comes to Life With Thom Browne and Proenza Schouler w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/14/fashion/new-york-fashion-week-thom-browne-proenza-schouler.html 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20200808100222/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/14/fashion/new-york-fashion-week-thom-browne-proenza-schouler.html
en 2019-02-25 Dale Berning Sawa Why the world has gone wild for reversible sequins w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/shortcuts/2019/feb/25/why-world-gone-wild-for-reversible-sequins 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20201107233408/https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/shortcuts/2019/feb/25/why-world-gone-wild-for-reversible-sequins
en 2022-08-24 India Block Like a beige, banal biscuit tin: why London’s new buildings all look the same w:The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/24/new-homes-look-same-london-developers-boris-johnson 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20220922212017/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/aug/24/new-homes-look-same-london-developers-boris-johnson
Derived terms
en in Minecraft MC MCPE MCYT Minecrafter Minecraftian Minecrafty the craft Minecraftlike -craft<id:Minecraft>
Translations
the game Minecraft
Bulgarian: bg Майнкрафт f
Burmese: my မိုင်ကရက်ဖ
Chinese:
Literary Chinese: lzh-lit 礦藝
Cantonese: yue 當個創世神, yue Minecraft
Mandarin: cmn 我的世界 Wǒ de Shìjiè Mainland China, cmn 當個創世神 Dāng ge Chuàngshì Shén Taiwan, Hong Kong, cmn Minecraft Hong Kong, Taiwan, cmn 麥塊 slang, Taiwan
Czech: cs Minecraft m
Danish: da Minecraft
Dutch: nl Minecraft n
Finnish: fi Minecraft
French: fr Minecraft m f, fr minecraft
German: de Minecraft n
Hindi: hi माइनक्राफ़्ट māinkrāfṭ
Icelandic: is Minecraft
Italian: it Minecraft
Japanese: ja マインクラフト Mainkurafuto, ja マイクラ Maikura
Korean: ko ^마인크래프트
Māori: mi Mahimaina
Marathi: mr माइनक्राफ्ट m
Norwegian: no Minecraft
Persian: fa ماینکرفت Mâinkraft
Polish: pl Minecraft m
Portuguese: pt Minecraft m
Russian: ru майнкрафт m
Spanish: es Minecraft
Swedish: sv Minecraft
Thai: th มายคราฟ maikhrap
Turkish: tr Minecraft
Ukrainian: uk майнкрафт m
Vietnamese: vi Minecraft
See also
Appendix:Minecraft, a glossary of terms used in Minecraft.
Verb
en intransitive To play the video game Minecraft.
en 2023 Making a Metaverse That Matters: From Snow Crash & Second Life to A Virtual World Worth Fighting For Wagner James Au In the fullness of time, we can confirm that consumers do generally prefer metaverse platforms named after verbs, or at least strongly imply them: Minecrafting, building blocks and forts in Roblox and Fortnite, VRChat-ing, and so on.
en 30 March 2025 Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, Neil Widener, Gavin James, and Chris Galletta Jack Black Steve A Minecraft Movie First we mine, then we craft. Let’s Minecraft!
References
en Minecraft
Czech
cs:+
Etymology
cs :ubor en:Minecraft + 1
Pronunciation
Majnkraft
Proper noun
m-in
en Minecraft video game
Declension
m.sg
Dutch
nl:+
Etymology
nl en Minecraft.
Pronunciation
nl /ˈmɑjnkrɛft/
nl Nl-Minecraft.ogg
Proper noun
n
en Minecraft video game
nl Minecraft
French
fr:+
Etymology
fr :ubor en:Minecraft
fr en Minecraft
Pronunciation
fr /majn.kʁaft/
Proper noun
m
fr video games en Minecraft
fr Minecraft
German
de:+
Etymology
de en Minecraft.
Pronunciation
de De-Minecraft.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de /ˈmaɪnkɹɑːft/ /-ɛːft/ /-aːft/ /ˈmaɪnkʁ-/
Proper noun
n
de video games en Minecraft
Declension
n.sg
de Minecraft
Italian
it:+
Etymology
it en Minecraft.
Proper noun
m
it video games en Minecraft
Polish
pl:+
Etymology
pl :ubor en:Minecraft + 1
Pronunciation
majn-.kraft Mine.craft
Proper noun
m-in minecraftowy
en Minecraft
Declension
s
Portuguese
pt:+
Etymology
pt :ubor en:Minecraft + 1
Pronunciation
ma̱inecráfte,máyn.cɹẹft<q:careful pronunciation> ma̱ini*créfti*,ma̱ini*.cɹéfi^ti*,mãnicréfti,máyn.cɹẹft<q:uncommon>
Proper noun
m
pt video games en Minecraft
pt Mine
pt Minecraft
Spanish
es:+
Alternative forms
es Maincra maincra
Etymology
es :ubor en:Minecraft + 1
Pronunciation
máincraft,máincraf Mine.craft
Proper noun
m
es video games en Minecraft
es Minecraft
Vietnamese
vi:+
Etymology
vi en Minecraft.
Pronunciation
mai cờ ŕáp
Proper noun
vi video games en Minecraft
vi February 5, 2023 Khương Nha VnExpress https://vnexpress.net/game-thu-dua-hinh-anh-viet-nam-vao-minecraft-4565948.html Ngoài việc dựng các công trình trong nước, nhóm dự định làm thêm các điểm đến nổi tiếng quốc tế để thu hút sự chú ý của cộng đồng Minecraft nước ngoài. In addition to building domestic structures, the group plans to create more popular international destinations to attract the attention of the foreign Minecraft community. https://web.archive.org/web/20260928000138/https://vnexpress.net/game-thu-dua-hinh-anh-viet-nam-vao-minecraft-4565948.html 28 September 2026
vi Minecraft