volcan

See also: volcán

English

Noun

volcan (plural volcans)

1. Archaic form of volcano.
   • 1893, H. Rider Haggard, Montezuma's Daughter:

     Now as I gazed the light began to creep down the sides of the volcans, revealing the forests on their flanks.

French

Etymology

Probably borrowed through Italian vulcano and Spanish volcán, from Latin Vulcānus (“Vulcan”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔl.kɑ̃/

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Noun

volcan m (plural volcans)

1. volcano

Related terms

• volcanique
• volcanisme
• volcanologie
• volcanologue

Descendants

• Antillean Creole: vòlkan
• Haitian Creole: vòlkan
• → Irish: bolcán
  • → Fingallian: bolcane
    • → English: bolcane
• → Turkish: volkan

Further reading

• “volcan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Noun

volcan m (plural volcani)

1. Obsolete form of vulcan.

Declension

Declension of volcan

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) volcan	volcanul	(niște) volcani	volcanii
genitive/dative	(unui) volcan	volcanului	(unor) volcani	volcanilor
vocative	volcanule		volcanilor

References

• volcan in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔl.kã/

Noun

volcan m (plural volcans)

1. volcano