vulkano

Esperanto

Eksplodo de vulkano Monto Saint Helens (Usono), 1980

Etymology

Borrowed from German Vulkan, Polish wulkan, Russian вулка́н (vulkán), French volcan and English volcano, all ultimately from Latin Vulcānus (“Vulcan, god of fire and forging”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [vulˈkano]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: vul‧ka‧no

Noun

vulkano (accusative singular vulkanon, plural vulkanoj, accusative plural vulkanojn)

1. (volcanology) volcano
   • 2001 February, Evgeni Georgiev, “Vulkanoj”, in Monato‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 June 2019, page 22:

     Ĉi-momente en la mondo estas preskaŭ 600 aktivaj vulkanoj, kiuj havas erupciojn aŭ almenaŭ estis aktivaj en historia tempo.

     At the moment there are almost 600 active volcanoes in the world, which have eruptions or at least been active in historical time.

Derived terms

• glacia vulkano (“cryovolcano”)
• vulkana (“volcanic”)
• vulkane (“volcanically”)
• vulkanismo (“volcanism”)
• vulkanologio / vulkanoscienco (“volcanology”)
• vulkanologo (“volcanologist”)