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Plural of volcano

regular plural

The plural of volcano is volcanoes or volcanos.

Forms of volcano

Singularvolcano /vɒlˈkeɪ.nəʊ/
Pluralvolcanoes
volcanos
Countablecountable

Volcanoes and volcanos in a sentence

  • Iceland's volcanoes are among the most active on Earth.
  • She could stand on a rocky surface, scoop up a gloveful of dirt, and explore extinct volcanoes and ancient canyons.From the entry gloveful
  • The Ellesmere Island Volcanics are a Late Cretaceous volcanic group of volcanoes and lava flows in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of northern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada.From the entry volcanic
  • I think they're only a thing after asteroid impacts in the ocean and supermassive underwater volcanoes.2020 September 20, EricFromOuterSpace, GenghisKazoo, “Catastrophic Hurricanes Are the ‘New Normal,’ and They Will Cost Trillions”, in…. From the entry hypercane
  • In fact, Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park encompasses two of the world’s most active volcanoes — Kīlauea and Mauna Loa.2023 February 22, Grae Gleason, “Tour 6 of Hawaiʻi's volcanoes in this immersive photo gallery”, in USA Today, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from…. From the entry Hawaiʻi

Meaning of volcano

  1. noun A vent or fissure on the surface of a planet (usually in a mountainous form) with a magma chamber attached to the mantle of a planet or moon, periodically erupting forth lava and volcanic gases onto the surface.
  2. noun A kind of firework producing an upward plume of sparks.
  3. verb To erupt; to burst forth.

Full definition of volcano

Questions about the plural of volcano

What is the plural of volcano?
The plural of volcano is volcanoes or volcanos.
Which is correct, volcanoes or volcanos?
Both are used. volcanoes is the more common of the two in English writing.
Is volcano countable?
Volcano is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: volcano (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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