volcanique
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /vɔl.ka.nik/
Audio (Paris) (file) - Homophone: volcaniques
- Hyphenation: vol‧ca‧nique
Adjective edit
volcanique (plural volcaniques)
- volcanic
- 1864, Jules Verne, Voyage au centre de la Terre, sourced from [1]:
- Nous verrons bien. C’est le mot du professeur, qui, après avoir baptisé cet îlot volcanique du nom de son neveu, donne le signal de rembarquement.
- "That is what we shall see." So says the Professor, who, having named this volcanic islet after his nephew, gives the signal to embark again.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “volcanique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.