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

• IPA^(key): /kælˈdɛə.ɹə/, /ˈkɔːl.də.ɹə/
• 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, Geology Today Vol. 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 f
• 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
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• Japanese: カルデラ (karudera)
• Maori: tawhā
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kaldera m

  Nynorsk: kaldera m

• Polish: kaldera (pl) f
• Portuguese: caldeira (pt) f
• Russian: кальдера (ru) f (kalʹdera)
• Spanish: caldera (es) f

Anagrams

• Lacerda, craaled

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Catalan

Noun

caldera f (plural calderes)

1. cauldron
2. boiler
3. (geology) caldera

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.

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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

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kalˈdeɾa/ [kal̪ˈd̪e.ɾa]

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

Further reading

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