English Explanatory Dictionary

volcanic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes.
  2. Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies.
  3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
  4. Reminiscent of a volcano; explosive, violent, full of suppressed anger, energy etc.
noun
  1. A volcanic rock.

Pronunciation

/vɒlˈkænɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-volcanic.wav /vɔlˈkænɪk/ /vɑlˈkænɪk/

Word forms

volcanic volcanics

Etymology

From French volcanique, from volcan (“volcano”); and/or directly from volcan(o) + -ic.

Synonyms

volcanian Vulcanian

Derived words

cryovolcanic hydrovolcanic ice-volcanic metavolcanic neovolcanic nonvolcanic postvolcanic stratovolcanic subvolcanic supervolcanic transvolcanic unvolcanic volcanically volcanic ash volcanic block volcanic bomb volcanic cone volcanic field volcanic glass volcanicity volcaniclastic volcanic lightning volcanic neck volcanic pipe volcanic sulfur volcanic sulphur volcanic wind volcanic winter

Translations

Arabic: بُرْكَانِيّ Asturian: volcánicu Belarusian: вулкані́чны Bulgarian: вулкани́чен Catalan: volcànic Czech: sopečný Dutch: vulkanisch Esperanto: vulkana Finnish: vulkaaninen Finnish: tulivuori- French: volcanique Friulian: vulcanic Galician: volcánico Georgian: ვულკანური German: vulkanisch Hindi: ज्वालामुखीय Hindi: आग्नेय Hungarian: vulkáni Ido: volkanala Indonesian: vulkanis Irish: bolcánach Italian: vulcanico Lithuanian: ugnikalninis Manx: volcaanagh Occitan: volcanic Polish: wulkaniczny Portuguese: vulcânico Russian: вулкани́ческий Scottish Gaelic: bholcànach Spanish: volcánico Swedish: vulkanisk Turkish: volkanik Ukrainian: вулкані́чний
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