geyser

== English == === Etymology === From the name of a particular Icelandic geyser which is mentioned as early as the 1760s in The Annual Register, as “Geyser, a wonderful spring in the valley of Haukadal”. From Geysir (“Gusher”), the Icelandic name of the hot spring in Iceland (see Wikipedia), from the verb geysa (“to gush”), from Old Norse geysa (“to gush”). Doublet of gusher. === Pronunciation === (UK, General South African) IPA(key): /ˈɡiː.zə/, /ˈɡaɪ.zə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡaɪ.zɚ/, /ˈɡaɪ.sɚ/ Rhymes: -aɪzə(ɹ), -iːzə(ɹ) Homophones: guiser, geezer === Noun === geyser (plural geysers) (planetology, geology, volcanology) A boiling natural spring which throws forth jets of water, mud, etc., at frequent intervals, driven upwards by the expansive power of steam. (by extension) A momentary vertical jet or fountain of fluid driven upwards by a violent force. (British, archaic) An instantaneous, and often dangerous, hot water heater. (South Africa, South Asia) A domestic water boiler. Alternative form: geezer ==== Synonyms ==== hot spring, thermae (Ancient Rome) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Bengali: গিজার (gijar, “water boiler”) → Hindi: गीज़र (gīzar, “water heater”) ==== Translations ==== === Verb === geyser (third-person singular simple present geysers, present participle geysering, simple past and past participle geysered) (ambitransitive) To (cause to) rush or burst upward like water from a geyser. === References === === Anagrams === Sergey, eygres == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Icelandic Geyser, related to the verb geysa (“to gush”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʒɛ.zɛʁ/ ~ /ʒe.zɛʁ/ === Noun === geyser m (plural geysers) (geology) geyser === Further reading === “geyser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indonesian == === Noun === geysêr (plural geyser-geyser) (geology, proscribed) alternative form of geiser (“geyser”) == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English geyser. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡajser/ [ˈɡai̯.ser] Rhymes: -ajser Syllabification: gey‧ser === Noun === geyser m (plural geysers) alternative form of géiser ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. === Further reading === Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “geyser”, in Diccionario del español actual (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA