volcan

See also: volcán

English

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

Descendants
  • Antillean Creole: vòlkan
  • Haitian Creole: vòlkan
  • → Irish: bolcán
  • → Turkish: volkan

Further reading

Romanian

Noun

volcan m (plural volcani)

  1. Obsolete form of vulcan.

Declension
Declension of volcan
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) volcan volcanul (niște) volcani volcanii
genitive/dative (unui) volcan volcanului (unor) 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
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