fumerolle
French, noun/fym.ʁɔl/
fumerolle is a French feminine noun meaning “fumarole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petite crevasse d’un terrain volcanique d’où s’échappe de la fumée”.
What does fumerolle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefumarole
- 2
femininethe gas and smoke from a fumarole
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Petite crevasse d’un terrain volcanique d’où s’échappe de la fumée. 2. Cette fumée elle-même, émission de gaz volcaniques souvent toxiques. 3. Fumée.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of fumerolle
- fumerolles plural
- fumerole
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fumerolle?
- /fym.ʁɔl/
- \fy.mə.ʁɔl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to fumerolle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fumerolle in French?
fumerolle appears about once in every 59 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).