vulcan

CEFRB2

/ˈvʌlkən/

noun · proper noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who works with or makes metal.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A placename., A town in Vulcan County, southern Alberta, Canada.

Examples

  • Every human envies the human admired by every Vulcan.

  • Vulcan philosophy scares the ordinary, because it encourages freeing from emotions.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
2
Citations
1

Deep Dive

proper noun

Extra meaning

  1. The Roman god of fire and metalworking; also a name used in science and fiction.

More examples

In context

  • The goddess Venus was the wife of Vulcan.

  • But I perceiue nowe that all red colloured stones are not Rubies, nether is euery one Alexander that hath a stare in his cheke, al lame men are not Vulcans, nor hooke nosed men Ciceroes, nether each professor a poet.

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The ancient Roman god blank used a hammer and anvil to forge weapons in his workshop.

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Origin

noun

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. 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 1 (“blacksmith; metalworker”), 2 (“one who is lame”), and 3 (“fire”) are allusions to Vulcan as the god of fire and metalworking and his lameness. Compare Middle French Vulcan (“blacksmith; metal...