No. 2,477 in French

volcan

A mountain or hill with an opening through which lava, ash, and gases are expelled from Earth's interior.

In a sentence

Le volcan est en éruption.
The volcano is erupting.
The word 'volcan' refers to a physical mountain or geological formation that can erupt.
Nous avons étudié les caractéristiques des volcans.
We studied the characteristics of volcanoes.
Here, 'volcans' is used in its plural form to refer to volcanoes in general as a topic of study.
Son tempérament est tel un volcan, imprévisible et explosif.
His temperament is like a volcano, unpredictable and explosive.
In this sentence, 'volcan' is used metaphorically to describe a person's passionate and potentially unstable nature.

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