"gneiss" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnaɪs/ Audio: en-us-nice.ogg [US] Forms: gneisses [plural]
enPR: nīs Rhymes: -aɪs Etymology: From German Gneis, from Middle High German gneist (“spark”), from Old High German gneisto (“spark”). More at gnast. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|de|Gneis}} German Gneis, {{der|en|gmh|gneist||spark}} Middle High German gneist (“spark”), {{der|en|goh|gneisto||spark}} Old High German gneisto (“spark”), {{m|en|gnast}} gnast Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} gneiss (usually uncountable, plural gneisses)
  1. (geology) A common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock having bands or veins, but not schistose. Wikipedia link: gneiss Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Geology, Rocks Derived forms: calc-gneiss, calc silicate gneiss, calc-silicate gneiss, gneissic, gneissoid, gneissose, orthogneiss, paragneiss Translations (common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock): gneis (Afrikaans), gneiss (Basque), 片麻岩 (piànmáyán) (Chinese Mandarin), rula [feminine] (Czech), gnejs (Danish), gneis (Dutch), gnejso (Esperanto), gneiss (Estonian), gneissi (Finnish), gneiss [masculine] (French), Gneis [masculine] (German), γνεύσιος (gnéfsios) [masculine] (Greek), gneisz (Hungarian), gneiso (Ido), ortogneiss (Italian), 片麻岩 (henmagan) (alt: へんまがん) (Japanese), 편마암 (pyeonmaam) (Korean), gneisas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Gneis (Luxembourgish), гнајс (gnajs) [masculine] (Macedonian), gneis [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), gneis [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), گنیس (gneys) (Persian), gnejs [masculine] (Polish), gneisse [masculine] (Portuguese), гнейс (gnejs) [masculine] (Russian), гнајс [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), gnajs [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), neis [masculine] (Spanish), gneis [masculine] (Spanish), gnejs [common-gender] (Swedish), гнейс (hnejs) [masculine] (Ukrainian), gơ-nai (Vietnamese)

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      "sense": "common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gneisse"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gnejs",
      "sense": "common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гнейс"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гнајс"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gnajs"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neis"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gneis"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gnejs"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hnejs",
      "sense": "common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гнейс"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "common and widely-distributed metamorphic rock",
      "word": "gơ-nai"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gneiss"
}

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