breccia

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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian breccia, from French brèche, from Middle French breche, from Old French breche, from Vulgar Latin *breca, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *breka.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɛt͡ʃ.(ɪ.)ə/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɛt͡ʃ.(i.)ə/, /ˈbɹɛʃ.i.ə/

Noun

breccia (usually uncountable, plural breccias)

  1. (petrology) A rock composed of angular fragments in a matrix that may be of a similar or a different material.
    • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 24:
      Courses of angular boulders line the rim of the volcano, the remains of its last explosive phase, resulting in a volcanic breccia.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French breche, ultimately of Germanic origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbret.t͡ʃa/
  • Rhymes: -ettʃa
  • Hyphenation: bréc‧cia

Noun

breccia f (plural brecce)

  1. breach, break, gap
  2. breakthrough
  3. road metal (crushed stone)
  4. (geology) breccia

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  • → English: breccia

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