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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesbrèche
Pronunciation / Transliteration: brèche
"Cette formation géologique contient une brèche calcaire remarquable."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A rock composed of broken fragments of minerals or rock cemented together by a fine-grained matrix.
"The cliff face was composed of a rugged layer of volcanic breccia."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
From Italian breccia, meaning 'broken stone', from Longobard *brecha.
10 Global Lexicons: How "breccia" is said worldwide
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brèche
Transliteration: brèche
"Cette formation géologique contient une brèche calcaire remarquable."
Brekzie
Transliteration: Brekzie
"Die tektonische Brekzie besteht aus scharfkantigen Gesteinsbruchstücken."
breccia
Transliteration: breccia
"Il monumento è stato costruito utilizzando marmo e breccia."
brecha
Transliteration: brecha
"Los geólogos analizaron la brecha volcánica encontrada en la zona."
brecha
Transliteration: brecha
"A falha geológica criou uma espessa camada de brecha."
ब्रेसिया
Transliteration: bresiya
"यह चट्टान मुख्य रूप से ब्रेसिया से बनी है।"
角砾岩
Transliteration: jiǎolìyán
"地质学家在山谷中发现了一层厚厚的角砾岩。"
각력암
Transliteration: gangnyeogam
"그 절벽은 주로 각력암으로 구성되어 있다."
角礫岩
Transliteration: kakurekigan
"その地層には断層角礫岩が多く含まれている。"
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