volcanology

English

Alternative forms

vulcanology

Etymology

From French volcanologie, from volcan (“volcano”); and/or directly from volcano +‎ -logy.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌvɒl.kənˈɒl.ə.dʒi/, /ˌvʌl.kənˈɒl.ə.dʒi/

Noun

volcanology (uncountable)

The study of volcanoes.

Related terms

volcanologist

Translations

study of volcanoes

Catalan: vulcanologia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 火山學 (zh), 火山学 (zh) (huǒshānxué)
Czech: vulkanologie (cs) f
Dutch: vulkanologie (nl) f
Esperanto: vulkanologio, vulkanoscienco
Finnish: vulkanologia, tulivuoritiede
French: volcanologie (fr) f
German: Vulkanologie (de) f
Greek: ηφαιστειολογία (el) f (ifaisteiología)
Irish: bolcáneolaíocht f
Italian: vulcanologia (it) f
Japanese: 火山学 (ja) (かざんがく, kazangaku)

Korean: 화산학 (hwasanhak)
Latin: vulcanologia f
Malay: kaji gunung berapi, vulkanologi
Maori: mātai puia
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vulkanologi m

Nynorsk: vulkanologi m
Polish: wulkanologia f
Portuguese: vulcanologia f
Romanian: vulcanologie (ro) f
Russian: вулканоло́гия (ru) f (vulkanológija)
Spanish: vulcanología (es) f
Volapük: volkanav

Further reading

volcanology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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