volcanic

See also: volcànic

English

Etymology

From French volcanique, from volcan (“volcano”); and/or directly from volcan(o) +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vɒlˈkænɪk/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /vɔlˈkænɪk/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /vɑlˈkænɪk/
• Rhymes: -ænɪk
• Hyphenation: vol‧can‧ic

Adjective

volcanic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes

   volcanic heat

   volcanic activity

2. Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies

   volcanic tufa

   volcanic ash

3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
4. (figurative) Reminiscent of a volcano; explosive, violent, full of suppressed anger, energy etc.
   • 1980 August 2, Andrea F. Loewenstein, “Random Lust”, in Gay Community News, page 15:

     Jo rose indignified, Vanessa following in her volcanic wake.

   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 556:

     With that the system was complete, and ready to have its disastrous effect on Martin Luther's volcanic temper.

Synonyms

• (of or related to volcanoes): volcanian, Vulcanian

Hyponyms

• cryovolcanic

Derived terms

• cryovolcanic
• hydrovolcanic
• ice-volcanic
• metavolcanic
• neovolcanic
• nonvolcanic
• postvolcanic
• stratovolcanic
• subvolcanic
• supervolcanic
• transvolcanic
• unvolcanic
• volcanically
• volcanic ash
• volcanic bomb
• volcanic field
• volcanic glass
• volcanicity
• volcaniclastic
• volcanic lightning
• volcanic neck
• volcanic sulfur
• volcanic sulphur
• volcanic wind
• volcanic winter

 

Translations

of or pertaining to a volcano

• Arabic: بُرْكَانِيّ (burkāniyy)
• Asturian: volcánicu (ast)
• Belarusian: вулкані́чны (vulkaníčny)
• Bulgarian: вулкани́чен (bg) m (vulkaníčen)
• Catalan: volcànic (ca)
• Czech: sopečný (cs)
• Dutch: vulkanisch (nl)
• Esperanto: vulkana
• Finnish: vulkaaninen (fi), tulivuori- (fi)
• French: volcanique (fr)
• Friulian: vulcanic
• Galician: volcánico
• Georgian: ვულკანური (vulḳanuri)
• German: vulkanisch (de)
• Hungarian: vulkáni (hu)
• Ido: volkanala (io)
• Indonesian: vulkanis (id)
• Irish: bolcánach
• Italian: vulcanico (it)
• Manx: volcaanagh
• Occitan: volcanic (oc)
• Polish: wulkaniczny (pl)
• Portuguese: vulcânico (pt)
• Russian: вулкани́ческий (ru) (vulkaníčeskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: bholcànach
• Spanish: volcánico (es)
• Swedish: vulkanisk (sv)
• Turkish: volkanik (tr)
• Ukrainian: вулкані́чний (vulkaníčnyj)

produced by a volcano

• Asturian: volcánicu (ast)
• Belarusian: вулкані́чны (vulkaníčny)
• Catalan: volcànic (ca)
• Finnish: vulkaaninen (fi)
• French: volcanique (fr)
• Georgian: ვულკანური (vulḳanuri)
• German: vulkanisch (de)
• Hungarian: vulkáni (hu)
• Irish: bolcánach
• Italian: vulcanico (it)
• Manx: volcaanagh
• Polish: wulkaniczny (pl)
• Portuguese: vulcânico (pt)
• Russian: вулкани́ческий (ru) (vulkaníčeskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: bholcànach
• Swedish: vulkanisk (sv)
• Turkish: volkanik (tr)
• Ukrainian: вулкані́чний (vulkaníčnyj)

changed or affected by the heat of a volcano

• Finnish: vulkaaninen (fi)
• French: volcanique (fr)
• Georgian: ვულკანური (vulḳanuri)
• German: vulkanisch (de)
• Irish: bolcánach
• Italian: vulcanico (it)
• Manx: volcaanagh
• Russian: вулкани́ческий (ru) (vulkaníčeskij)
• Scottish Gaelic: bholcànach
• Swedish: vulkanisk (sv)
• Turkish: volkanik (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} vulkansk

Noun

volcanic (plural volcanics)

1. A volcanic rock.

   The Ellesmere Island Volcanics are a Late Cretaceous volcanic group of volcanoes and lava flows in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of northern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.

Occitan

Adjective

volcanic m (feminine singular volcanica, masculine plural volcanics, feminine plural volcanicas)

1. volcanic

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 739.

Romanian

Adjective

volcanic m or n (feminine singular volcanică, masculine plural volcanici, feminine and neuter plural volcanice)

1. Obsolete form of vulcanic.

Declension

Declension of volcanic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	volcanic		volcanică	volcanici	volcanice
	definite	volcanicul		volcanica	volcanicii	volcanicele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	volcanic		volcanice	volcanici	volcanice
	definite	volcanicului		volcanicei	volcanicilor	volcanicelor

References

• volcanic in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN