volcano

See also: Volcano

English

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Etymology

  • From Italian vulcano, from Vulcano (“a small volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea”), from Latin Vulcānus (“Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalworking”). Doublet of bolcane and Vulcan.

    Pronunciation

    • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɒlˈkeɪ.nəʊ/, (obsolete) /vɒlˈkɑː.nəʊ/[1]
    • (General American) IPA(key): /vɑlˈkeɪ.noʊ/, /vɔlˈkeɪ.noʊ/
    • Audio (US):(file)

    Noun

    volcano (plural volcanoes or volcanos)

    1. A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.
      Iceland's volcanoes are among the most active on Earth.
    2. A kind of firework producing an upward plume of sparks.

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    Descendants

    • Bislama: volkeno
    • → Scottish Gaelic: bholcàno
    • → Swahili: volkano, volkeno

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    Verb

    volcano (third-person singular simple present volcanos or volcanoes, present participle volcanoing, simple past and past participle volcanoed)

    1. to erupt; to burst forth
      • 1951, Phyllis Hambledon, Nobody's Child:
        She shrank back, the words volcanoed, words that stabbed again, and yet again
      • 2012, George Pratt, Peter Lambrou, John David Mann, Code to Joy: The Four-Step Solution to Unlocking Your Natural State of Happiness:
        Startled, you look up at the horizon just in time to see a gigantic plume of ash and dust volcanoing up into the sky and spreading out to form a gigantic cloud that will persist for days, weeks, perhaps years.

    References

    1. ^ Jespersen, Otto (1909), A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)‎[1], volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 10.572, page 304.

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    Alternative forms

    Noun

    volcano m (plural volcanos)

    1. obsolete form of vulcão
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