Vulcan

See also: vulcan

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvʌlkən/

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Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Vulcānus, of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Etruscan origin, but unknown meaning.

Proper noun

Vulcan

1. (Roman mythology) The god of volcanoes and fire, especially the forge, also the patron of all craftsmen, principally blacksmiths. The Roman counterpart of Hephaestus.

   The goddess Venus was the wife of Vulcan.

2. (astronomy, historical) A hypothetical planet proposed to exist in an orbit between Mercury and the Sun in a 19th-century hypothesis.
3. A town in southern Alberta, Canada.
4. A ghost town in Colorado
5. An inactive volcano in New Mexico
6. A volcano in Papua New Guinea
7. A city and a few villages in Romania

Derived terms

• Vulcanalia
• Vulcanean / Vulcanian
• vulcanic / Vulcanic
• vulcanicity
• vulcanism
• vulcanist
• vulcanite
• vulcanization
• vulcanize
• vulcanological
• vulcanologist
• vulcanology

 

Related terms

• volcano

Translations

Roman god of fire

• Catalan: Vulcà m
• Cherokee: ᏭᎵᎧᏂ (Wulikani)
• Czech: Vulkán m
• French: Vulcain (fr) m
• German: Vulkan (de) m
• Irish: Bolcán m
• Japanese: バルカン (Barukan), ウゥルカーヌス (Wurukānusu), ウルカヌス (Urukanusu), ヴァルカン (Varukan)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 불카누스 (bulkanuseu)
• Manx: Vulcaan m
• Marathi: व्हल्कन m (vhalkana)
• Portuguese: Vulcano (pt) m
• Russian: Вулка́н (ru) m (Vulkán)
• Spanish: Vulcano (es)
• Vietnamese: Vulcan

Theoretical planet

• Cherokee: ᏭᎵᎧᏂ (Wulikani)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 祝融星

  Mandarin: 祝融星

• Czech: Vulkán m
• French: Vulcain (fr)
• German: Vulkan (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: Bolcán
• Japanese: バルカン (Barukan)
• Marathi: व्हल्कन m (vhalkana)
• Portuguese: Vulcano (pt) m
• Russian: Вулка́н (ru) m (Vulkán)
• Vietnamese: Vulcan

See also

• Vulcan (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Vulcan (hypothetical planet) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Vulcan, Alberta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Vulcan (etymology 1), from the Star Trek TV series of the 1960s.

Proper noun

Vulcan

1. (fiction) An inhabited planet, the homeworld of the Vulcan species.

Noun

Vulcan (plural Vulcans)

1. (fiction) An inhabitant of the planet Vulcan.
2. (slang, derogatory) A person who seems to lack emotion or is overly analytical and boring (like the fictional Vulcans).