vulkaan

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vulkaan, from Middle Dutch vulcaen, from Latin Vulcānus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vœlˈkɑːn/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

vulkaan (plural vulkane)

  1. (geology) volcano

Dutch

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch vulcaen, from Latin Vulcānus.

Pronunciation

Noun

vulkaan m (plural vulkanen, diminutive vulkaantje n)

  1. (geology) volcano
    Synonym: vuurberg

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: vulkaan

Estonian

Etymology

From Latin Vulcanus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vulˈkɑːn/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑːn
  • Hyphenation: vul‧kaan

Noun

vulkaan (genitive vulkaani, partitive vulkaani)

  1. (geology) volcano
    Synonym: (uncommon) tulemägi

Declension

Declension of vulkaan (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative vulkaan vulkaanid
accusative nom.
gen. vulkaani
genitive vulkaanide
partitive vulkaani vulkaane
vulkaanisid
illative vulkaani
vulkaanisse
vulkaanidesse
vulkaanesse
inessive vulkaanis vulkaanides
vulkaanes
elative vulkaanist vulkaanidest
vulkaanest
allative vulkaanile vulkaanidele
vulkaanele
adessive vulkaanil vulkaanidel
vulkaanel
ablative vulkaanilt vulkaanidelt
vulkaanelt
translative vulkaaniks vulkaanideks
vulkaaneks
terminative vulkaanini vulkaanideni
essive vulkaanina vulkaanidena
abessive vulkaanita vulkaanideta
comitative vulkaaniga vulkaanidega

Compounds

References

  • vulkaan in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • vulkaan”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009