minefield

English

Etymology

mine +‎ field

Pronunciation

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Noun

minefield (plural minefields)

An area in which land mines have been laid.
(by extension) A dangerous situation.
(cricket) A pitch that has dried out and crumbled and on which the ball is bouncing and spinning unpredictably.

Derived terms

tiptoe through a minefield

Translations

area in which mines have been hidden

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雷區, 雷区 (léiqū)
Czech: minové pole n
Finnish: miinakenttä (fi); miinoite (military technical term)
French: champ de mines (fr) m
German: Minenfeld (de) n
Greek: ναρκοπέδιο (el) n (narkopédio)
Hungarian: aknamező (hu)
Italian: campo minato

Japanese: 地雷原 (jiraigen, じらいげん)
Mongolian: минажуулсан газар (minažuulsan gazar)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: minefelt n

Nynorsk: minefelt n
Portuguese: campo minado m
Russian: ми́нное по́ле (ru) n (mínnoje póle)
Spanish: campo de minas m
Swedish: minfält (sv) n, minerad mark c (also used figuratively)

dangerous situation

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: minové pole n
Finnish: miinakenttä (fi)
French: terrain miné m
German: Minenfeld (de) n
Greek: ναρκοπέδιο (el) n (narkopédio)

Hungarian: ingoványos terület, veszélyes terep
Italian: campo minato m
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: campo minado m
Russian: ми́нное по́ле (ru) n (mínnoje póle)
Spanish: campo de minas m
Swedish: minfält (sv)

Further reading

Land mine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

dimefline, mefenidil

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