What does "etna" mean?
A kind of small, portable cooking apparatus for which heat is furnished by a spirit lamp.
Etna
/ˈɛtnə/ name, noun
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A kind of small, portable cooking apparatus for which heat is furnished by a spirit lamp.
- Grammar: etna is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: apparatus, bunsen, bunsen burner, chemical apparatus.
- Useful contrasts: dormant volcano, extinct volcano.
- Usage evidence: Mount Etna has erupted, sending lava and ash plumes into the Sicilian sky.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A kind of small, portable cooking apparatus for which heat is furnished by a spirit lamp. archaic
"There should certainly be an etna for getting a hot cup of coffee in a hurry."
- 2 a gas burner used in laboratories; has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 An active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, between Messina and Catania.
- 2 A river that flows through Etnedal and Nordre Land municipalities, Innlandet, Norway.
- 3 A female given name from Irish.
"For quotations using this term, see Citations:Etna."
- 4 A city in Siskiyou County, California, United States.
- 5 A town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States.
Synonyms
All synonymsAntonyms
dormant volcanoextinct volcano
Example
"Mount Etna has erupted, sending lava and ash plumes into the Sicilian sky."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "etna"?
Common synonyms include: apparatus, bunsen, bunsen burner, chemical apparatus, crucible, italian volcano.
How do you use "etna" in a sentence?
Mount Etna has erupted, sending lava and ash plumes into the Sicilian sky.
How do you pronounce "etna"?
Pronounced /ˈɛtnə/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From the Latin Aetna, perhaps via the Italian Etna. From either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “I burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aið-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”). Doublet of Aetna.
Etymology 2
From the Norwegian Etna.
Etymology 3
Possibly an anglicisation of Irish Eithne.
Etymology 4
After Mount Etna in Sicily.