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 (General Australian):

  (file)

Noun

caldera (plural calderas)

1. (volcanology) A large crater formed by collapse of the cone or edifice of a volcano.

   Hypernym: crater

   • 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.

Derived terms

• intracaldera

 

Related terms

• calorie
• cauldron
• coddle
• scald

 

Translations

geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion

• Arabic: حُفْرَة بُرْكَانِيَّة f (ḥufra(t) burkāniyya), فُوَّهَة f (fuwwaha)
• 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)
• Slovak: kaldera f
• Spanish: caldera (es) f
• Swedish: kaldera c, caldera (sv) c
• Tongan: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• Lacerda, craaled

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”), derived from Latin caldus (“hot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəlˈde.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kalˈde.ɾa]

Noun

caldera f (plural calderes)

1. cauldron
2. boiler
3. (Balearic) 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

 

Related terms

• calder

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, 2024
• “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.

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

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”), caldārium, derived from Latin caldus (“hot”). Doublet of caldero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalˈdeɾa/ [kal̪ˈd̪e.ɾa]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

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

Noun

caldera f (plural calderas)

1. cauldron

   Synonym: cacerola

   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 13:

     La Bruja echa a hervir en una caldera llena de agua, un sapo, una lagartija y murciélago, sabandijas que generalmente se encarga de llevarle el cliente, previendo la posibilidad de que a la hechicera se le haya agotado la provisión.

     The Witch throws into a cauldron of water to boil: a toad, a lizard and a bat, beasties which the client generally takes it upon themself to bring, in case the sorcerer has run out of stock.

2. boiler

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

3. (geology) caldera

Derived terms

• caldera doble
• 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10