transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈnīs ]
noun
Etymology: German Gneis, alteration of Middle High German gneiste spark, from Old High German gneisto; akin to Old English fȳr gnāst spark
Date: 1757
: a foliated metamorphic rock corresponding in composition to a feldspathic plutonic rock (as granite)
• gneiss·ic ˈnī-sik adjective
• gneiss·oid -ˌsȯid adjective
• gneiss·ose -ˌsōs adjective