Vulcan

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvʌlkən/
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From Vulcan (etymology 1), from the Star Trek TV series of the 1960s. The adjective is by analogy with -an.

From Middle English Vulcan, Vulcanus, Wlcan, from Old English Ulcanus (genitive), from Classical Latin Vulcānus, probably from Etruscan although very unclear, but unknown meaning and further origin (see more in Latin entry). Doublet of bolcane and volcano. Etymology 1, proper noun sense 2.5 (“hypothetical planet”) is a semantic loan from French Vulcan, coined by French physicist, mathematician and astronomer Jacques Babinet in 1846, who proposed this name after the god for a planet close to the Sun. Noun senses etymology 1 1 (“blacksmith; metalworker”), etymology 1 2 (“one who is lame”), and etymology 1 3 (“fire”) are allusions to Vulcan as the god of fire and metalworking and his lameness. Compare Middle French Vulcan (“blacksmith; metalworker”), also attested in early modern French meaning “fire” in apparently isolated use. Etymology 1, noun sense 4 (“volcano”) is from Middle English wlcane, originally after Middle French Vulcan, wlcan, and chiefly after Spanish volcán in subsequent use, ultimately arising from Latin Vulcānus and Italian Vulcano as a name for Mount Etna and one or more of the Aeolian Islands (with active volcanoes on the islands now called Vulcano and Stromboli), probably after Arabic بُرْكَان (burkān, “volcano”), ultimately reflecting the Latin and Italian place names.

From Vulcan (etymology 1).

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: Vulcà — Roman god of fire
• Cherokee: ᏭᎵᎧᏂ (wulikani) — Roman god of fire
• Chinese Mandarin: 武爾坎努斯 /武尔坎努斯 (Wǔ'ěrkǎnnǔsī) — Roman god of fire
• Chinese Mandarin: 伍爾卡努斯 /伍尔卡努斯 (Wǔ'ěrkǎnǔsī) — Roman god of fire
• Chinese Mandarin: 伏爾甘 /伏尔甘 (Fú'ěrgān) — Roman god of fire
• Chinese Mandarin: 武爾坎 /武尔坎 (Wǔ'ěrkǎn) — Roman god of fire
• Czech: Vulkán — Roman god of fire
• French: Vulcain — Roman god of fire
• German: Vulkan — Roman god of fire
• Greek: Βουλκάνους (Voulkánous) — Roman god of fire
• Irish: Bolcán — Roman god of fire
• Italian: Vulcano — Roman god of fire
• Japanese: バルカン (Barukan) — Roman god of fire
• Japanese: ウゥルカーヌス (Wurukānusu) — Roman god of fire
• Japanese: ウルカヌス (Urukanusu) — Roman god of fire
• Japanese: ヴァルカン (Varukan) — Roman god of fire
• Korean: 불카누스 (Bulkanuseu) — Roman god of fire
• Manx: Vulcaan — Roman god of fire
• Marathi: व्हल्कन (vhalkan) — Roman god of fire
• Polish: Wulkan — Roman god of fire
• Portuguese: Vulcano — Roman god of fire
• Russian: Вулка́н (Vulkán) — Roman god of fire
• Spanish: Vulcano — Roman god of fire
• Ukrainian: Вулка́н (Vulkán) — Roman god of fire
• Vietnamese: Vulcan — Roman god of fire
• Cherokee: ᏭᎵᎧᏂ (wulikani) — theoretical planet
• Chinese Cantonese: 火神星 (fo2 san4 sing1) — theoretical planet
• Chinese Mandarin: 祝融星 (Zhùróngxīng) — theoretical planet
• Chinese Mandarin: 火神星 (Huǒshénxīng) — theoretical planet
• Czech: Vulkán — theoretical planet
• French: Vulcain — theoretical planet
• German: Vulkan — theoretical planet
• Greek: Ήφαιστος (Ífaistos) — theoretical planet
• Irish: Bolcán — theoretical planet
• Japanese: バルカン (Barukan) — theoretical planet
• Marathi: व्हल्कन (vhalkan) — theoretical planet
• Polish: Wulkan — theoretical planet
• Portuguese: Vulcano — theoretical planet
• Russian: Вулка́н (Vulkán) — theoretical planet
• Spanish: Vulcano — theoretical planet
• Vietnamese: Vulcan — theoretical planet