斑はんれい岩がん

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Meanings

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noun

gabbro

geology

A coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock, used in geology.

斑はんれい岩がんは深しん成せい岩がんの一いっ種しゅです。
Gabbro is a type of plutonic rock.

Standard mixed kanji-kana spelling for gabbro.

はんれい岩がん

Kana-kanji spelling; the first part is written in hiragana.

斑はん糲れい岩がん

Rare kanji spelling using 糲; not commonly encountered.

Kanji

斑spot, blemish, speck
岩boulder, rock, cliff
糲unpolished rice

Similar words

玄げん武ぶ岩がん
玄武岩 (basalt) is the fine-grained volcanic equivalent of gabbro.
花か崗こう岩がん
花崗岩 (granite) is a felsic intrusive rock, while gabbro is mafic.

Etymology

The Japanese term 斑れい岩 is a calque from English 'gabbro', combining 斑 (mottled) and 岩 (rock). The reading はんれい is an approximation of the original Italian 'gabbro'.