# Minecraft
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈmaɪnˌkɹæft/
    Rhymes: -æft
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈmaɪnˌkɹɐːft/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmaɪnˌkɹɑːft/
    Rhymes: -ɑːft
* Hyphenation: Mine‧craft

### Proper noun

Minecraft
* (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: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: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: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
* MCYT
* Minecrafter
* Minecraftian
* Minecraftlike
* Minecrafty
* the craft

#### Translations
### Verb

Minecraft (third-person singular simple present Minecrafts, present participle Minecrafting, simple past and past participle Minecrafted)
* (intransitive) To play the video game Minecraft.

### References

* ↑ Persson, Markus (2009 May 14) “Minecraft: Order of the Stone”, in Tumblr‎, archived from the original on 14 May 2021
* ↑ Eres, Paul (2009 May 18) “Re:Minecraft(alpha)”, in TIGSource Forums‎, archived from the original on 2017-07-07

## Czech
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Minecraft.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmajn̩kraft]

### Proper noun

Minecraft m inan
* Minecraft (video game)

#### Declension
## Dutch
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Minecraft.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑjnkrɛft/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Minecraft n
* Minecraft (video game)

## French
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Minecraft

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /majn.kʁaft/

### Proper noun

Minecraft m
* (video games) Minecraft

## German
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Minecraft.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /ˈmaɪnkɹɑːft/, /-ɛːft/, /-aːft/, /ˈmaɪnkʁ-/

### Proper noun

Minecraft n (proper noun, strong, genitive Minecrafts)
* (video games) Minecraft

#### Declension
## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Minecraft.

### Proper noun

Minecraft m
* (video games) Minecraft

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Minecraft.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaj.ŋkraft/
* Rhymes: -ajŋkraft
* Syllabification: Mine‧craft

### Proper noun

Minecraft m inan (related adjective minecraftowy)
* Minecraft

#### Declension
## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Minecraft.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /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: /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: /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: /maj.nɨˈkɾa.ftɨ/, (careful pronunciation) /ˈmajn.kɹɛft/

### Proper noun

Minecraft m
* (video games) Minecraft
    Synonym: Mine

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* Maicra, Maincra (humorous)

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Minecraft.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmainkɾaft/ [ˈmãĩŋ.kɾaft̪]
* Rhymes: -ainkɾaft

### Proper noun

Minecraft m
* (video games) Minecraft

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Minecraft.

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [maːj˧˧ kəː˨˩ ɹaːp̚˧˦] ~ [maːj˧˧ kəː˨˩ zaːp̚˧˦]
* (Huế) IPA: [maːj˧˧ kəː˦˩ ɹaːp̚˦˧˥]
* (Saigon) IPA: [maːj˧˧ kəː˨˩ ɹaːp̚˦˥]
* Phonetic spelling: mai cờ Ráp

### Proper noun

Minecraft
* (video games) Minecraft
** 2023 February 5, Khương Nha, VnExpress‎: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.