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volcanic ash

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass created during a volcanic eruption.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

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  • Armenian: հրաբխային մոխիր (hrabxayin moxir) — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Azerbaijani: vulkan külü — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Basque: sumendi-errauts — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Belarusian: вулканічны попел (vulkaničny pópjel) — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Bengali: আগ্নেয়ভস্ম (agneẏobhośśõ) — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Bulgarian: вулкани́чна пе́пел (vulkaníčna pépel) — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Catalan: cendra volcànica — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Chinese Mandarin: 火山灰 (huǒshānhuī) — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Czech: sopečný popel — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Danish: vulkansk aske — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Esperanto: vulkana cindro — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Estonian: vulkaaniline tuhk — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Finnish: vulkaaninen tuhka — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • French: cendres volcaniques — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Georgian: ვულკანური ფერფლი (vulḳanuri perpli) — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • German: Vulkanasche — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • German: vulkanische Asche — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Hebrew: אפר געשי — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Hungarian: vulkáni hamu — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Icelandic: eldfjallaaska — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Indonesian: abu vulkanik — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Indonesian: abu gunung api — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Indonesian: abu vulkanis — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Irish: luaithreamhán bolcánach — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Italian: cenere vulcanica — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Japanese: 火山灰 (kazanbai) — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Korean: 화산재 (hwasanjae) — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Lithuanian: vulkaniniai pelenai — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Macedonian: вулкански пепел (vulkanski pepel) — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Malayalam: അഗ്നിപർവ്വതച്ചാരം (agnipaṟvvataccāraṁ) — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Norwegian: vulkansk aske — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Persian: خاکستر آتشفشانی — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Polish: popiół wulkaniczny — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Portuguese: cinza vulcânica — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Romanian: cenușă vulcanică — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Russian: вулканический пепел (vulkaničeskij pepel) — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Slovak: vulkanický popol — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Slovene: vulkanski pepel — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Spanish: ceniza volcánica — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Swedish: vulkanisk aska — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Tagalog: abo ng bulkan — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Thai: เถ้าภูเขาไฟ — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Turkish: volkanik kül — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Ukrainian: вулканічний попіл (vulkaničnyj popil) — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass
  • Vietnamese: tro núi lửa — fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass