Etymology

From FrenchCategory:English terms derived from French#VOLCANIC volcaniqueCategory:English undefined derivations#VOLCANIC, from volcan (“volcano”); and/or directly from volcan(o) +‎ -icCategory:English terms suffixed with -ic#VOLCANIC.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vɒlˈkænɪk/Category:English 3-syllable words#VOLCANICCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#VOLCANIC

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /vɔlˈkænɪk/Category:English 3-syllable words#VOLCANICCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#VOLCANIC
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /vɑlˈkænɪk/Category:English 3-syllable words#VOLCANICCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#VOLCANIC
• Rhymes: -ænɪkCategory:Rhymes:English/ænɪk#VOLCANICCategory:Rhymes:English/ænɪk/3 syllables#VOLCANIC
• Hyphenation: vol‧can‧ic

Adjective

volcanic (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#VOLCANICCategory:English adjectives#VOLCANICCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#VOLCANICCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#VOLCANICCategory:Pages with entries#VOLCANICCategory:Pages with 3 entries#VOLCANIC

1. Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes.

   volcanic heatCategory:English terms with collocations#VOLCANIC

   volcanic activityCategory:English terms with collocations#VOLCANIC

   • 2022 February 3, Lucas Joel, “Dissolving in Toxic Oceans: How an Ancient Extinction Happened”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 March 2022:

     Some 200 million years ago, the rocks that became the Palisades cliffs just across the Hudson River from Manhattan formed during volcanic activity that helped rip apart the ancient supercontinent Pangea. That volcanism helped lead to the birth of the Atlantic Ocean while it also contributed to killing off as much as a quarter of all life on Earth during the event known as the end-Triassic mass extinction.

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2. Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies.

   volcanic tufaCategory:English terms with collocations#VOLCANIC

   volcanic ashCategory:English terms with collocations#VOLCANIC

3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
4. (figurative) Reminiscent of a volcano; explosive, violent, full of suppressed anger, energy etc.
   • 1980 August 2, Andrea F. Loewenstein, “Random Lust”, in Gay Community News, page 15:

     Jo rose indignified, Vanessa following in her volcanic wake.

     Category:English terms with quotations#VOLCANIC

   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 556:

     With that the system was complete, and ready to have its disastrous effect on Martin Luther's volcanic temper.

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Noun

volcanic (plural volcanics)Category:English lemmas#VOLCANICCategory:English nouns#VOLCANICCategory:English countable nouns#VOLCANICCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#VOLCANICCategory:Pages with entries#VOLCANICCategory:Pages with 3 entries#VOLCANIC

1. A volcanic rock.

   The Ellesmere Island Volcanics are a Late Cretaceous volcanic group of volcanoes and lava flows in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of northern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.Category:English terms with usage examples#VOLCANIC

Pronunciation

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Adjective

volcanic m (feminine singular volcanica, masculine plural volcanics, feminine plural volcanicas)Category:Occitan lemmas#VOLCANICCategory:Occitan adjectives#VOLCANICCategory:Occitan entries with incorrect language header#VOLCANICCategory:Pages with entries#VOLCANICCategory:Pages with 3 entries#VOLCANIC

1. volcanic

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 739

Adjective

volcanic m or n (feminine singular volcanică, masculine plural volcanici, feminine/neuter plural volcanice)Category:Romanian lemmas#VOLCANICCategory:Romanian adjectives#VOLCANICCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#VOLCANICCategory:Pages with entries#VOLCANICCategory:Pages with 3 entries#VOLCANIC

1. obsolete form of vulcanicCategory:Romanian obsolete forms#VOLCANIC

References

• volcanic in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN