volcanology
/ˌvɒl.kəˈnɒ.lə.dʒi/noun
volcanology is a noun meaning “The study of volcanoes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-O-L-C-A-N-O-L-O-G-Y and has 5 syllables, and it appears about once in every 12 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does volcanology mean?
noun
- 1
The study of volcanoes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce volcanology?
- UK /ˌvɒl.kəˈnɒ.lə.dʒi/
Volcanology has 5 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-volcanology.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of volcanology
- vulcanology
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is volcanology?
Volcanology appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 105,204th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Volcanology in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense study of volcanoes:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | volcanologie |
| German | Vulkanologie |
| Portuguese | vulcanologia |
| Spanish | vulcanología |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does volcanology come from?
From French volcanologie, from volcan (“volcano”); and/or directly from volcano + -logy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).