caldeira
See also: Caldeira
French
Alternative forms
- caldera
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese caldeira. Doublet of chaudière.
Noun
caldeira f (plural caldeiras)
- caldera
Further reading
- “caldeira”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
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Spurs and caldeiras in the coat of arms of the Galician Puga family (implying the capacity of maintaining their supporters)
Etymology
From Old Portuguese caldeyra, from Late Latin caldāria (“warm bath”), from Latin caldus, from calidus (“warm”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kalˈdejɾa̝/
Noun
caldeira f (plural caldeiras)
- pot; cauldron
- 1375, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 380:
- et hua caldeyra et huum caldeyroon et huas greelas et huum speto de ferro et huum acetere et hua arameña et huas Gramalleyras et das outras perfeas de casa todos los bacios et escudelas et talladores et salseyros de fuste que ouuer na casa et hua mesa
- and a pot, and a cauldron, and a grill, and a skewer of iron, and a jug, and a pot of cooper, and a trammel; and of the rest of domestic ware, every bucket, and bowl, and knives, and saucers of wood that are in the house, and a table
- et hua caldeyra et huum caldeyroon et huas greelas et huum speto de ferro et huum acetere et hua arameña et huas Gramalleyras et das outras perfeas de casa todos los bacios et escudelas et talladores et salseyros de fuste que ouuer na casa et hua mesa
- 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:
- Vinte cinco ducias D'obos
- eu lle ofrezo, porque teñan
- conque fazer os Formigos,
- e de mel vnha caldeyra,
- que os meus cobos e cortizos
- teñen moy boas entenas;
- porque sairon ogano
- moytos enjames d'abellas.
- Twenty-five dozens of eggs
- I offer her, so that they have the necessary
- to cook the formigos;
- and of honey a pot,
- because my skeps and hives
- have very good honeycombs,
- because this year
- many swarms of bees went out
- 1375, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 380:
- boiler (device for heating circulating water)
- (volcanology) caldera (large crater)
- ditch
Related terms
- caldeiro
- caldeirón
- caldo
References
- “caldeira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “caldeyra” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “caldeira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “caldeira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “caldeira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese caldeira, from Late Latin caldāria (“warm bath”), from Latin caldus, from calidus (“warm”).
Noun
caldeira f (plural caldeiras)
- boiler (device for heating circulating water)
- (volcanology) caldera (large crater)
- Synonym: cratera
- (nautical) small inlet or bay
- Synonym: enseada
Derived terms
- caldeirão
- caldeira vulcânica
Related terms
- caldeiro
- caldo