Minecraft en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
- /ˈmaɪnˌkɹɐːft/ (Australia)
- /ˈmaɪnˌkɹæft/ (General-American)
- /ˈmaɪnˌkɹɑːft/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree English mine Proto-Germanic *krafjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *kraftuz Proto-West Germanic *kraftu Old English cræft Old English -cræft Middle English -craft English -craft English Minecraft From mine + -craft; coined by Paul Eres in May 2009, a member of the TIGSource Forums.
Meanings
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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.
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.
2022 August 24, India Block, “Like a beige, banal biscuit tin: why London’s new buildings all look the same”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2022: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.
2016 September 13, Vanessa Friedman, “New York Fashion Week Comes to Life With Thom Browne and Proenza Schouler”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2020: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.
2019 February 25, Dale Berning Sawa, “Why the world has gone wild for reversible sequins”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 07 Nov 2020:Sam has beaten the Ender Dragon twice, killed the wither thrice, obtained netherite armor and built an obsidian fort in Minecraft.
Deriveds
MCYT · in Minecraft · Minecraftian · MC · MCPE · Minecrafty · -craft · Minecraftlike · Minecrafter · the craft
Relateds
a glossary of terms used in Minecraft
Synonyms
Translations (35)
pl Minecraft (the game Minecraft) · mi Mahimaina (the game Minecraft) · de Minecraft (the game Minecraft) · mr माइनक्राफ्ट (the game Minecraft) · da Minecraft (the game Minecraft) · my မိုင်ကရက်ဖ (the game Minecraft) · bg Майнкрафт (the game Minecraft) · lzh-lit 礦藝 (the game Minecraft) · yue 當個創世神 /当个创世神 (the game Minecraft) · fr Minecraft (the game Minecraft) · pt Minecraft (the game Minecraft) · cmn 麥塊 /麦块 (the game Minecraft) · uk майнкрафт (the game Minecraft) · cmn 當個創世神 /当个创世神 (the game Minecraft) · cs Minecraft (the game Minecraft) · ja マイクラ (the game Minecraft) · sv Minecraft (the game Minecraft) · ko 마인크래프트 (the game Minecraft) · hi माइनक्राफ़्ट (the game Minecraft) · is Minecraft (the game Minecraft) · vi Minecraft (the game Minecraft) · no Minecraft (the game Minecraft) · cmn Minecraft (the game Minecraft) · it Minecraft (the game Minecraft) · fa ماینکرفت (the game Minecraft) · cmn 我的世界 (the game Minecraft) · yue Minecraft (the game Minecraft) · nl Minecraft (the game Minecraft) · th มายคราฟ (the game Minecraft) · es Minecraft (the game Minecraft) · ru майнкрафт (the game Minecraft) · ja マインクラフト (the game Minecraft) · fr minecraft (the game Minecraft) · fi Minecraft (the game Minecraft) · tr Minecraft (the game Minecraft)