Meaning

2 senses
  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.

    Vulkan, Feuerberg, feuerspeiender Berg

    вулка́нvulkán

    вулка́нvulkán

    a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt

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

Examples

126 sentences
  1. The volcano has erupted twice this year.

    Цього року виверження вулкану сталося двічі. — aandrusiak

    ruВулкан извергался дважды в этом году. — aleph

    deDer Vulkan ist heuer zweimal ausgebrochen. — Sudajaengi

  2. Iceland has many volcanoes.

    В Ісландії багато вулканів. — deniko

    ruВ Исландии много вулканов. — marafon

    deIsland hat viele Vulkane. — slomox

  3. The volcano has become active again.

    ruВулкан проснулся. — Wadimiy

    deDer Vulkan ist wieder aktiv. — Wolf

  4. The volcano erupts at regular intervals.

    deDer Vulkan bricht in regelmäßigen Abständen aus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. That mountain is an active volcano.

Translations

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mountain containing a magma chamber:
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mountain containing a magma chamber:
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Origin

From Italian vulcano, from Vulcano (“a small volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea”), 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.

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