chaudron

English

Noun

chaudron (plural chaudrons)

1. Obsolete form of chawdron.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French chaudron, from Old French chauderon, ultimately from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”). Compare English cauldron (from the northern Old French variant caudron).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃo.dʁɔ̃/

• Audio; “un chaudron”:

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Noun

chaudron m (plural chaudrons)

1. cauldron
2. (Quebec) pot

Derived terms

• c’est la poêle qui se moque du chaudron

Related terms

• chaud

Further reading

• “chaudron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Alternative forms

• chauderon, chaulderon, chauldron (chauderon and chaudron are about equally common)

Etymology

From Old French chauderon.

Noun

chaudron m (plural chaudrons)

1. cauldron (large metal cooking pot)

Descendants

• French: chaudron