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porfido ( approfondimento) m sing (pl.: porfidi)
- (geologia) roccia eruttiva a struttura porfirica, molto dura, resistente all'abrasione e lucidabile, di colore rosso, roseo, rossiccio, violetto o grigio, utilizzata per pavimentazioni stradali, scale, monumenti ecc.
- pòr | fi | do
IPA: /ˈpɔrfido/
da porfiro ( fonte treccani);
dal greco antico πορφυροῦς, contrazione di πορφύρεος, da cui deriva il termine purpureo
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