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minefield

minefield

English

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:
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雷區, 雷区 ‎(léiqū)
Czech: minové pole n
Finnish: miinakenttä (fi); miinoite (military technical term)
French:
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:
Chinese:
Mandarin:
Czech: minové pole n
Finnish: miinakenttä (fi)
French:
German: Minenfeld (de) n

Greek: ναρκοπέδιο (el) n ‎(narkopédio)
Hungarian:
Italian: campo minato m
Japanese:
Portuguese: campo minado m
Russian: ми́нное по́ле (ru) n ‎(mínnoje póle)
Spanish: campo de minas m
Swedish:

External links

Land mine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia