English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French éruption, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin eruptio
Pronunciation
Noun
eruption (countable and uncountable, plural eruptions)
- A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.
- A sudden release of pressure or tension.
- There was an eruption of joy at the final whistle.
- An infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing.
Derived terms
Translations
violent ejection, such as that of lava from a volcano
- Asturian: erupción f
- Belarusian: вывяржэ́нне n (vyvjaržénnje)
- Bulgarian: изригване n (izrigvane)
- Catalan: erupció (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 噴發／喷发 (zh) (pēnfā), 喷发 (zh) (pēnfā), 爆發／爆发 (zh) (bàofā), 爆发 (zh) (bàofā), 噴出／喷出 (zh) (pēnchū), 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
- (deprecated template usage)
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- Japanese: 噴火 (ja) (ふんか, funka), 噴出 (ふんしゅつ, funshutsu)
- Kapampangan: akbung
- Korean: 분화 (ko) (bunhwa), 분출 (ko) (bunchul)
- Malay: letusan
- Maori: hūnga
- Occitan: erupcion (oc) f
- Persian: فوران (fa) (favarân)
- Polish: erupcja (pl) f
- 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, ерупција f
- Spanish: erupción (es) f
- Swedish: utbrott (sv) n
- Ukrainian: ви́верження n (výveržennja), ви́бух m (výbux)
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sudden release of pressure or tension
infection of the skin resulting in a rash or blemishing
Interlingua
Noun
eruption (plural eruptiones)
- eruption, outbreak
