volcanic winter

English

WOTD – 22 April 2024

Etymology

An 1888 lithograph of the eruption of Krakatoa in the Sunda Strait as it appeared on 27 May 1883. The massive eruption caused a volcanic winter which lasted until 1884.

From volcanic +‎ winter.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vɒlˌkænɪk ˈwɪntə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /vɔlˌkænɪk ˈwɪntəɹ/, [-ˈwɪnəɹ]

• Audio (General American):

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• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /vɑlˌkænɪk ˈwɪntəɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɪntə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: vol‧can‧ic

Noun

volcanic winter (plural volcanic winters)

1. (climatology) A reduction in global temperatures caused by volcanic ash and droplets of sulfuric acid obscuring the Sun and raising Earth's albedo (increasing the reflection of solar radiation) after a large, particularly explosive volcanic eruption.

   Coordinate term: nuclear winter

Translations

reduction in global temperatures after a large, particularly explosive volcanic eruption

• Afrikaans: vulkaanwinter
• Albanian: dimri vullkanik m
• Arabic: شتاء بركاني ?
• Bulgarian: вулканична зи́ма f (vulkanična zíma)
• Catalan: hivern volcànic m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 火山冬天 (huǒshān dōngtiān)

• Chuvash: вулкан хыҫҫин хӗлӗ (vulk̬an h̬yśśin h̬ĕlĕ)
• Czech: sopečná zima f
• Dutch: vulcanische winter m
• Finnish: tulivuorenpurkauksen vaikutukset ilmastoon
• French: hiver volcanique m
• Georgian: ვულკანური ზამთარი (vulḳanuri zamtari)
• German: vulkanischer Winter m
• Greek: ηφαιστειακός χειμώνας m (ifaisteiakós cheimónas)
• Hebrew: חורף געשי ?
• Hungarian: vulkáni tél, vulkanikus tél
• Indonesian: musim dingin vulkanik
• Japanese: 火山の冬 (かざんのふゆ, kazan no fuyu)
• Korean: 화산 겨울 (hwasan gyeoul)
• Lithuanian: vulkaninė žiemà f
• Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: please add this translation if you can

  Nynorsk: vulkanvinter m

• Occitan: ivèrn volcanic m
• Persian: زمستان آتشفشانی
• Polish: zima wulkaniczna f
• Portuguese: inverno vulcânico m
• Russian: вулкани́ческая зима́ (ru) f (vulkaníčeskaja zimá)
• Slovak: vulkanická zima f, sopečná zima f
• Spanish: invierno volcánico m
• Swedish: vulkanvinter (sv) c
• Thai: ฤดูหนาวจากภูเขาไฟ
• Turkish: volkanik kış
• Ukrainian: вулканічна зима́ f (vulkanična zymá)
• Vietnamese: mùa đông núi lửa

Further reading

• volcanic winter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia