How do you pronounce volcano?

The recorded pronunciation is /vɑlˈkeɪ.noʊ/.

volcano

/vɑlˈkeɪ.noʊ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables: vol-cano
IPA: /vɑlˈkeɪ.noʊ/

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Meaning

noun

A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.

noun

A kind of firework producing an upward plume of sparks.

verb

to erupt; to burst forth

name

A census-designated place in Amador County, California, United States.

Example Sentences

"Iceland's volcanoes are among the most active on Earth."
"She shrank back, the words volcanoed, words that stabbed again, and yet again"
"Startled, you look up at the horizon just in time to see a gigantic plume of ash and dust volcanoing up into the sky and spreading out to form a gigantic cloud that will persist for days, weeks, perhaps years."

Etymology

From Italian vulcano, from Vulcano (“a small volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea”), from Latin Vulcānus (“Vulcan, the Roman god of fire and metalworking”). Doublet of bolcane and Vulcan.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: vulcano, Vulcānus

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /vɑlˈkeɪ.noʊ/
British English: /vɒlˈkeɪ.nəʊ/

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Geology.

Inflected Forms

volcanoes (plural) volcanos (plural) vulcano (alternative, obsolete) volcanos (present, singular) volcanoes (present, singular) volcanoing (participle, present) volcanoed (participle, past) volcanoed (past)

Derived Forms

hypervolcano paleovolcano pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis vog volcanello volcanic volcanism volcanist volcanistic volcanite volcanization volcanogenic

Phrases

volcano boarding volcano bowl volcano cake Volcano Islands volcano plot volcano potato volcano rabbit volcano surfing

Frequently Paired Words

crater lava lava flow magma vent

Synonyms

vent

Rhymes With

plano zeno meno sereno beno veno pequeno paino magdaleno zaino piraino laino