volcano

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volcano^¹

/vɒlˈkeɪ.nəʊ/ UK
/vɒlˈkɑː.nəʊ/ UK, obsolete
/vɔlˈkɛjnəw/ British, Southern, Standard
/vɑlˈkeɪ.noʊ/ US
/vɔlˈkeɪ.noʊ/ US
/vɔlˈkæɪ.nəʉ/ Australia
/vɒlˈkæɪ.nɐʉ/ New Zealand
/vɔlˈke.no/ Scotland
/vɒlˈkeːnoː/ Wales

Where it comes from

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.

noun volcanoes · volcanos · vulcano

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.
A kind of firework producing an upward plume of sparks.

verb volcanos · volcanoes · volcanoing · volcanoed · vulcano

To erupt; to burst forth. She shrank back, the words volcanoed, words that stabbed again, and yet again

Volcano^²

proper noun

A census-designated place in Amador County, California, United States.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: crater, vent, volcanic, eruption, mountain, ash, rash, stratovolcano, caldera, maar, volcanic field, rift zone, fluctus, hydrothermal vent, hot spot, spatter cone

Translations

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noun mountain containing a magma chamber

Español	volcán
한국어	화산 hwasan
日本語	火山 kazan
中文	火山 huǒshān
हिन्दी	ज्वालामुखी jvālāmukhī
Kiswahili	volkano, volkeno, zaha
Português	vulcão
Français	volcan
Deutsch	Vulkan, Feuerberg, feuerspeiender Berg
Italiano	vulcano
Ελληνικά	ηφαίστειο ifaísteio
Română	vulcan
Русский	вулка́н vulkán
Tiếng Việt	núi lửa, hoả diệm sơn, hoả diễm sơn
العربية	بُرْكَان burkān, جَبَلُ النَّار jabalu n-nār
עברית	הַר גַעַשׁ har ga'ash, ווּלְקָן vulkán

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@misc{volcano_2026,
  title = {volcano},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/volcano},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}