noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
UK:/ˌvɒl.kəˈnɒ.lə.dʒɪst/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:V AO2 L K AH0 N AO1 L AH0 JH IH0 S T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
One who is skilled in, professes or practices volcanology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English volcanology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English volcanologist From volcanology + -ist.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
vulkanoloog
— person who studies volcanology
Catalan:
vulcanòleg
— person who studies volcanology
Chinese Mandarin:
火山學家 /火山学家
(huǒshānxuéjiā)
— person who studies volcanology
Czech:
vulkanolog
— person who studies volcanology
Dutch:
vulkanoloog
— person who studies volcanology
Esperanto:
vulkanologo
— person who studies volcanology
Finnish:
vulkanologi
— person who studies volcanology
French:
volcanologue
— person who studies volcanology
German:
Vulkanologe
— person who studies volcanology
German:
Vulkanologin
— person who studies volcanology
Greek:
ηφαιστειολόγος
(ifaisteiológos)
— person who studies volcanology
Hungarian:
vulkanológus
— person who studies volcanology
Italian:
vulcanologo
— person who studies volcanology
Italian:
vulcanologa
— person who studies volcanology
Japanese:
火山学者
(kazangakusha)
— person who studies volcanology
Korean:
화산학자
(hwasanhakja)
— person who studies volcanology
Latin:
vulcanologista
— person who studies volcanology
Latin:
vulcanologistus
— person who studies volcanology
Portuguese:
vulcanólogo
— person who studies volcanology
Portuguese:
vulcanóloga
— person who studies volcanology
Portuguese:
vulcanologista
— person who studies volcanology
Romanian:
vulcanolog
— person who studies volcanology
Romanian:
vulcanologă
— person who studies volcanology
Russian:
вулкано́лог
(vulkanólog)
— person who studies volcanology
Spanish:
vulcanólogo
— person who studies volcanology
Spanish:
vulcanóloga
— person who studies volcanology
Swedish:
vulkanolog
— person who studies volcanology
Turkish:
volkanolog
— person who studies volcanology
Volapük:
volkanavan
— person who studies volcanology
Volapük:
hivolkanavan
— person who studies volcanology
Volapük:
jivolkanavan
— person who studies volcanology