calderón

See also: Calderon and Calderón

Spanish

Etymology

From caldera (“cauldron”) +‎ -ón, or from a derivative of Late Latin caldaria or Latin caldarium. Compare Portuguese caldeirão, Italian calderone and French chaudron. Doublet of chodrón.

Noun

calderón m (plural calderones)

1. (cetaceans) pilot whale
2. (music) fermata
3. (typography) pilcrow, (the symbol ¶)
4. large cauldron

Derived terms

• zifio calderón boreal

 

Further reading

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