volcan
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See also: volcán
English
Noun
volcan (plural volcans)
- 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
Noun
volcan m (plural volcans)
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “volcan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Romanian
Noun
volcan m (plural volcani)
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
Noun
volcan m (plural volcans)