eruption

See also: Eruption and éruption

English

Etymology

From Middle French éruption, from Latin eruptio

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈɹʌpʃən/

Noun

eruption (countable and uncountable, 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

• bozo eruption
• creeping eruption

• eruption column
• supereruption

Translations

violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano

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

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

• Dutch: uitbarsting (nl) f
• Esperanto: erupcio
• Faroese: gos 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)
• Icelandic: gos (is) n

• Italian: eruzione (it) f
• Japanese: 噴火 (ja) (ふんか, funka), 噴出 (ふんしゅつ, funshutsu)
• Malay: letusan
• Maori: hūnga
• Occitan: erupcion f
• Persian: فوران‏‎ (fa) (favarân)
• Portuguese: erupção (pt) f
• Romanian: erupere (ro) f, erupție (ro) f
• Russian: изверже́ние (ru) n (izveržénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: maoim f
• Serbo-Croatian: erupcija (sh) f
• Spanish: erupción (es) f
• Swedish: utbrott (sv) n

sudden release of pressure or tension

• Bulgarian: изблик (bg) m (izblik)
• Dutch: uitbarsting (nl) f
• Finnish: purkaus (fi)

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

infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing

• Asturian: erupción f
• Bulgarian: обрив (bg) m (obriv)
• Catalan: erupció f
• Dutch: huiduitslag (nl) m

• Finnish: tulehdus (fi)
• Galician: erupción (gl) f
• Occitan: erupcion f
• Russian: сыпь (ru) f (sypʹ)