adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- volcanic heat
- volcanic activity
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
volcanic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /vɒlˈkænɪk/
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General-American: /vɔlˈkænɪk/
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cot-caught-merger: /vɑlˈkænɪk/
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rhymes with -ænɪk
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adj
Meaning 2
Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- volcanic tufa
- volcanic ash
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Reminiscent of a volcano; explosive, violent, full of suppressed anger, energy etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A volcanic rock.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 6
relating to or produced by or consisting of volcanoes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- volcanic steam
- volcanic islands such as Iceland
- a volcanic cone is a conical mountain or hill built up of material from volcanic eruptions
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
igneous rock produced by eruption and solidified on or near the earth's surface; rhyolite or andesite or basalt
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- volcanic rock includes the volcanic glass obsidian
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
explosively unstable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a volcanic temper
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From French volcanique, from volcan (“volcano”); and/or directly from volcan(o) + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
67 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: بُرْكَانِيّ (burkāniyy) — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Asturian: volcánicu — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Belarusian: вулкані́чны (vulkaníčny) — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Bulgarian: вулкани́чен (vulkaníčen) — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Catalan: volcànic — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Czech: sopečný — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Dutch: vulkanisch — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Esperanto: vulkana — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Finnish: vulkaaninen — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Finnish: tulivuori- — of or pertaining to a volcano
- French: volcanique — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Friulian: vulcanic — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Galician: volcánico — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Georgian: ვულკანური (vulḳanuri) — of or pertaining to a volcano
- German: vulkanisch — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Hindi: ज्वालामुखीय (jvālāmukhīya) — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Hindi: आग्नेय (āgney) — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Hungarian: vulkáni — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Ido: volkanala — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Indonesian: vulkanis — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Irish: bolcánach — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Italian: vulcanico — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Lithuanian: ugnikalninis — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Manx: volcaanagh — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Occitan: volcanic — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Polish: wulkaniczny — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Portuguese: vulcânico — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Russian: вулкани́ческий (vulkaníčeskij) — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Scottish Gaelic: bholcànach — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Spanish: volcánico — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Swedish: vulkanisk — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Turkish: volkanik — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Ukrainian: вулкані́чний (vulkaníčnyj) — of or pertaining to a volcano
- Asturian: volcánicu — produced by a volcano
- Belarusian: вулкані́чны (vulkaníčny) — produced by a volcano
- Catalan: volcànic — produced by a volcano
- Finnish: vulkaaninen — produced by a volcano
- French: volcanique — produced by a volcano
- Galician: volcánico — produced by a volcano
- Georgian: ვულკანური (vulḳanuri) — produced by a volcano
- German: vulkanisch — produced by a volcano
- Hindi: ज्वालामुखीय (jvālāmukhīya) — produced by a volcano
- Hindi: आग्नेय (āgney) — produced by a volcano
- Hungarian: vulkáni — produced by a volcano
- Irish: bolcánach — produced by a volcano
- Italian: vulcanico — produced by a volcano
- Manx: volcaanagh — produced by a volcano
- Polish: wulkaniczny — produced by a volcano
- Portuguese: vulcânico — produced by a volcano
- Russian: вулкани́ческий (vulkaníčeskij) — produced by a volcano
- Scottish Gaelic: bholcànach — produced by a volcano
- Swedish: vulkanisk — produced by a volcano
- Turkish: volkanik — produced by a volcano
- Ukrainian: вулкані́чний (vulkaníčnyj) — produced by a volcano
- Finnish: vulkaaninen — changed or affected by the heat of a volcano
- French: volcanique — changed or affected by the heat of a volcano
- Galician: volcánico — changed or affected by the heat of a volcano
- Georgian: ვულკანური (vulḳanuri) — changed or affected by the heat of a volcano
- German: vulkanisch — changed or affected by the heat of a volcano
- Irish: bolcánach — changed or affected by the heat of a volcano
- Italian: vulcanico — changed or affected by the heat of a volcano
- Manx: volcaanagh — changed or affected by the heat of a volcano
- Polish: wulkaniczny — changed or affected by the heat of a volcano
- Russian: вулкани́ческий (vulkaníčeskij) — changed or affected by the heat of a volcano
- Scottish Gaelic: bholcànach — changed or affected by the heat of a volcano
- Swedish: vulkanisk — changed or affected by the heat of a volcano
- Turkish: volkanik — changed or affected by the heat of a volcano
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