different between volcanic vs tezontle

English

Etymology

From French volcanique, from volcan (“volcano”); and/or directly from volcan(o) +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /v?l?kan?k/
• Hyphenation: vol?can?ic

Adjective

volcanic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes

   volcanic heat.

   volcanic activity.

2. Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies

   volcanic tufa

   volcanic ash

3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano.
4. (figuratively) Reminiscent of a volcano; explosive, violent, full of suppressed anger, energy etc.
   • 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 556:

     With that the system was complete, and ready to have its disastrous effect on Martin Luther's volcanic temper.

Hyponyms

• cryovolcanic

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

volcanic (plural volcanics)

1. A volcanic rock.

   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.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tezontle, from Nahuatl tetzontli, from tetl (“stone”) + tzontli (“head hair”).

Noun

tezontle (uncountable)

1. A porous, extrusive, igneous, volcanic rock, usually reddish in colour, used extensively in construction in Mexico.

Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl tetzontli, from tetl (“stone”) + tzontli (“head, hair”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /te??ontle/, [t?e??õn?.t?le]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /te?sontle/, [t?e?sõn?.t?le]

Noun

tezontle m (uncountable)

1. tezontle

Descendants

• English: tezontle