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gabbro

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈɡabɹəʊ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: G AE1 B R OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Originally, a kind of serpentine; now generally a coarsely crystalline, igneous rock consisting of lamellar pyroxene and labradorite.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

one of a family of granular intrusive rocks

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: igneous rock

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian gabbro.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 輝長岩 /辉长岩 (huīchángyán) — igneous rock
  • Finnish: gabro — igneous rock
  • French: gabbro — igneous rock
  • German: Gabbro — igneous rock
  • Greek: γάββρος (gávvros) — igneous rock
  • Hungarian: gabbró — igneous rock
  • Icelandic: gabbró — igneous rock
  • Italian: gabbro — igneous rock
  • Japanese: 斑糲岩 (hanreigan) — igneous rock
  • Portuguese: gabro — igneous rock
  • Russian: га́ббро (gábbro) — igneous rock
  • Serbo-Croatian: gabro — igneous rock
  • Slovak: gabro — igneous rock
  • Spanish: gabro — igneous rock
  • Swedish: gabbro — igneous rock