volcan

See also: volcán and Volcán

English

Etymology

From Middle French volcan and its etymon Spanish volcán.

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

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	volcan	volcanul		volcani	volcanii
genitive-dative	volcan	volcanului		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