volcán

See also: volcan

Asturian

Noun

volcán m (plural volcanes)

1. volcano

Related terms

• volcánicu

Galician

Noun

volcán m (plural volcáns)

1. volcano

Related terms

• erupcionar
• volcánico
• volcanismo
• vulcanólogo
• vulcanoloxía

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vulcano from Latin Vulcanus (“Vulcan”), from Etruscan [script needed] (Velchans).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bolˈkan/ [bolˈkãn]

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• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: vol‧cán

Noun

volcán m (plural volcanes)

1. volcano

Derived terms

• conejo de los volcanes
• sobre un volcán

 

Related terms

• erupcionar
• volcánico
• volcanismo
• vulcanología
• vulcanólogo

 

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: bulkan
• → Catalan: volcà
• → Cebuano: bolkan
• → Dupaningan Agta: bulkan
• → French: volcan (see there for further descendants)
• → Tagalog: bulkan
• → Waray-Waray: bulkan
• → Yogad: bulkan

Further reading

• “volcán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10