caldera

caldera

See also: Caldera

English

WOTD – 23 February 2010

Etymology

The caldera of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines.

Borrowed from Spanish caldera (“cauldron”), from Late Latin caldāria (“warm bath”), from Latin caldārium. Doublet of chowder.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kælˈdɛə.ɹə/, /ˈkɔːl.də.ɹə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kælˈdɛɹ.ə/

• Audio (AU)

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Noun

caldera (plural calderas)

1. (volcanology) A large crater formed by collapse of the cone or edifice of a volcano.
   • 2000, Tony Waltham, “Geyser watching”, in Geology Today, volume 16, Iss. 3, p. 99::

     The lakes of both Rotorua and Taupo occupy calderas left from enormous prehistoric eruptions, and magma lies at shallow depths beneath a number of centres.

   Hypernym: crater

Related terms

• calorie
• cauldron
• coddle
• scald

 

Translations

geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion

Catalan: caldera (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 破火山口 (zh) (pòhuǒshānkǒu) Czech: kaldera f Danish: kaldera c Finnish: kaldera (fi) French: caldera (fr) f German: Caldera (de) f Greek: καλντέρα (el) f (kalntéra) Irish: caildéara m Italian: caldera (it) f Japanese: カルデラ (karudera) Maori: tawhā Norwegian: Bokmål: kaldera m Nynorsk: kaldera m Polish: kaldera (pl) f Portuguese: caldeira (pt) f Russian: кальде́ра (ru) f (kalʹdéra) Spanish: caldera (es) f Tongan: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• Lacerda, craaled

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Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin caldāria. Equivalent to cald +‎ -era.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /kəlˈde.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /kalˈde.ɾa/

Noun

caldera f (plural calderes)

1. cauldron
2. boiler
3. (Balearics) a type of fish or seafood soup

   Synonym: caldereta

4. (Valencia) a winter stew of pork, rutabaga, beans, and rice

   Synonym: arròs amb fesols i naps

5. (geology) caldera

Derived terms

• calderada
• caldereta
• calderí
• calderó

 

Further reading

• “caldera” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “caldera”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “caldera” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “caldera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caldera. Doublet of caldaia.

Noun

caldera f (plural caldere)

1. caldera

Further reading

• caldera in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• caldare

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

caldera m (definite singular calderaen, indefinite plural calderaer, definite plural calderaene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by kaldera

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Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin caldāria (“warm bath”), from Latin caldus, from calidus (“warm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalˈdeɾa/ [kal̪ˈd̪e.ɾa]

• Audio (Colombia)

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• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: cal‧de‧ra

Noun

caldera f (plural calderas)

1. cauldron

   Synonym: cacerola

2. boiler

   Synonyms: calefón, calentador de agua, (Mexico) boiler, (Mexico) bóiler

3. (geology) caldera

Derived terms

• calderón

Related terms

• caldero
• caldo

 

Descendants

• → English: caldera
• → Italian: caldera

Adjective

caldera f

1. feminine singular of caldero

Further reading

• “caldera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014