Italian

Noun

fumarola f ‎(plural fumarole)

1. (volcanology) fumarole (opening in the ground that emits gases)
   • 2001, Michele Lauro, Il libro dei perché, Giunti Junior, page 61:

     Le fumarole sono bocche dalle quali i gas vulcanici ad alta temperatura fuoriescono nell’atmosfera.

     Fumaroles are vents from which high-temperature volcanic gases leak out into the atmosphere.

2. (geological oceanography) smoker (hydrothermal vent on the seabed)
   • 2007, Thomas M. Smith, Robert Leo Smith, Elementi di ecologia, 6th edition, Pearson, page 525:

     Le fumarole bianche sono ricche in solfuro di zinco, […]

     White smokers are rich in zinc sulfur, […]

Descendants

• English: fumarole
• Finnish: fumaroli
• French fumerolle
• Portuguese: fumarola
• Russian фумаро́ла ‎(fumaróla)
• Spanish: fumarola
• Swedish: fumarol

References

1. ↑ Vocabolario Treccani

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian fumarola.

Noun

fumarola f (plural fumarolas)

1. fumarole (opening in the ground that emits gases)

Related terms

• fumaça

Derived terms

• fumarólico

Spanish

Etymology

From Italian fumarola.

Noun

fumarola f ‎(plural fumarolas)

1. fumarole (opening in the ground that emits gases)