"breccia" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbɹɛt͡ʃ.(ɪ.)ə/ [UK], /ˈbɹɛt͡ʃ.(i.)ə/ [US], /ˈbɹɛʃ.i.ə/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-breccia.wav Forms: breccias [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|breccia}} Italian breccia, {{der|en|fr|brèche}} French brèche, {{der|en|frm|breche}} Middle French breche, {{der|en|fro|breche}} Old French breche, {{der|en|VL.|*breca}} Vulgar Latin *breca, {{der|en|gem|-}} Germanic, {{der|en|frk|*breku|*breka}} Frankish *breka Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} 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. Wikipedia link: breccia Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Petrology, Rocks Derived forms: breccial, brecciate, brecciation, breccioid, megabreccia, microbreccia, pseudobreccia Translations (rock): breksia (Finnish), brèche [feminine] (French), breisia [feminine] (Irish), breccia [feminine] (Italian), 角礫岩 (kakurekigan) (alt: かくれきがん) (Japanese), бре́кчия (brékčija) [feminine] (Russian), brecha [feminine] (Spanish)

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /ˈbret.t͡ʃa/ Forms: brecce [plural]
Rhymes: -ettʃa Etymology: Borrowed from Old French breche, ultimately of Germanic origin. Etymology templates: {{bor+|it|fro|breche}} Borrowed from Old French breche, {{der|it|gem|-}} Germanic Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} breccia f (plural brecce)
  1. breach, break, gap Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-breccia-it-noun-lFHCcW7U
  2. breakthrough Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-breccia-it-noun-IUJIcyTN
  3. road metal (crushed stone) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Rocks
    Sense id: en-breccia-it-noun-HGG4YYUU Disambiguation of Rocks: 7 11 46 36 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 40 5 4 44 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 4 3 54 7 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 9 17 62 12
  4. (geology) breccia Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-breccia-it-noun-496D8JOT Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

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          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "breccia",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: breccia",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: breccia"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "breche"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Old French breche",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "gem",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Germanic",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Old French breche, ultimately of Germanic origin.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "brecce",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "breccia f (plural brecce)",
      "name": "it-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "bréc‧cia"
  ],
  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "breach, break, gap"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "breach",
          "breach"
        ],
        [
          "break",
          "break"
        ],
        [
          "gap",
          "gap"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "breakthrough"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "breakthrough",
          "breakthrough"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "road metal (crushed stone)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "road",
          "road"
        ],
        [
          "metal",
          "metal"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "it:Geology"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "breccia"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "geology",
          "geology"
        ],
        [
          "breccia",
          "breccia#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geology) breccia"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geography",
        "geology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbret.t͡ʃa/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ettʃa"
    }
  ],
  "word": "breccia"
}

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