Italian

Proper noun

Solfatara ?

1. a shallow volcanic crater, part of the Campi Flegrei, at Pozzuoli, near Naples

Derived terms

• solfataricus

English

a solfatara in New Zealand

Noun

solfatara ‎(plural solfataras or solfatare)

1. An area of volcanic activity that gives off sulfurous steam. [from 18th c.]
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society 2011, p. 24:

     Holmes calls these active vents solfataras, so evidently we are at the type locality for this kind of thing.

   • 2000, Tony Waltham, Geyser watching, Geology Today Vol. 16, Iss. 3, p. 97:

     Vents that produce steam alone are fumaroles, or solfataras if laden with sulphur; impressive, but rarely exciting, they are more common on drier volcanoes than in hydrothermal basins.

Hypernyms

• fumarole

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin solfatara

Noun

solfatara f ‎(plural solfatares)

1. (volcanology) solfatara

Italian

Noun

solfatara f ‎(plural solfatare)

1. Alternative spelling of zolfatara