fumarola
Czech
Noun
fumarola f
- fumarole (an opening in the ground that emits steam and gases due to volcanic activity)
Declension
Italian
FWOTD – 14 October 2015
Etymology
From Neapolitan fumarola,[1] from Late Latin fūmāriolum, diminutive of fūmārium (“chimney”), from Latin fumus (“smoke”), 16th c.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fu.maˈrɔ.la/
- Rhymes: -ɔla
- Hyphenation: fu‧ma‧rò‧la
Noun
fumarola f (plural fumarole)
- (volcanology) fumarole (opening in the ground that emits gases)
- 2001, Michele Lauro, Il libro dei perché, Giunti Junior, page 61:
- Le fumarole sono bocche dalle quali i gas vulcanici ad alta temperatura fuoriescono nell’atmosfera.
- Fumaroles are vents from which high-temperature volcanic gases leak out into the atmosphere.
- (geological oceanography) smoker (hydrothermal vent on the seabed)
- 2007, Thomas M. Smith, Robert Leo Smith, Elementi di ecologia, 6th edition, Pearson, page 525:
- Le fumarole bianche sono ricche in solfuro di zinco, […]
- White smokers are rich in zinc sulfur, […]
Descendants
References
- fumarola in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.
Anagrams
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fu.maˈrɔ.la/
- Rhymes: -ɔla
- Syllabification: fu‧ma‧ro‧la
Declension
Further reading
- fumarola in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /fu.maˈɾɔ.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fu.maˈɾɔ.la/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fu.mɐˈɾɔ.lɐ/
- Hyphenation: fu‧ma‧ro‧la
Derived terms
Related terms
Spanish
Further reading
- “fumarola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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