eruption

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈɹʌpʃən/, X-SAMPA: /I"r\VpS@n/

Noun

eruption (plural eruptions)

1. a violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano
2. a sudden release of pressure or tension

   there was an eruption of joy at the final whistle

3. an infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing

Derived terms

• creeping eruption
• eruption column
• supereruption

Translations

Violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano

• Asturian: erupción (ast) f
• Bulgarian: изригване (bg) n (izrigvane)
• Catalan: erupció (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 噴發 (cmn), 喷发 (cmn) (pēnfā), 爆發 (cmn), 爆发 (cmn) (bàofā), 噴出 (cmn), 喷出 (cmn) (pēnchū)

• Esperanto: erupcio (eo)
• Faroese: gos (fo) n
• Finnish: purkaus (fi)
• French: éruption (fr) f
• Galician: erupción (gl) f

• German: Eruption (de) f, Ausbruch (de) m, Vulkanausbruch (de) m
• Hungarian: kitörés (hu)
• Italian: eruzione (it) f
• Japanese: 噴火 (ja) (ふんか, funka), 噴出 (ja) (ふんしゅつ, funshutsu)
• Malay: letusan (ms)
• Occitan: erupcion (oc) f
• Portuguese: erupção (pt) f
• Russian: извержение (ru) (izveržénije) n 
• Scottish Gaelic: maoim (gd) f
• Serbo-Croatian: erupcija (sh) f
• Spanish: erupción (es) f

Sudden release of pressure or tension

• Bulgarian: изблик (bg) m (izblik)
• Finnish: purkaus (fi)

• German: Ausbruch (de) m
• Russian: взрыв (ru) (vzryv) m 

Infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing

• Asturian: erupción (ast) f
• Bulgarian: обрив (bg) m (obriv)
• Catalan: erupció (ca) f
• Finnish: tulehdus (fi)

• Galician: erupción (gl) f
• Occitan: erupcion (oc) f
• Russian: сыпь (ru) (syp') f