caldera
See also: Caldera
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish caldera (“cauldron”), from Late Latin caldāria (“warm bath”), from Latin caldārium. Doublet of chowder.
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caldera (plural calderas)
- (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.
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geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion
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Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”), derived from Latin caldus (“hot”).
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caldera f (plural calderes)
- cauldron
- boiler
- (Balearics) a type of fish or seafood soup
- Synonym: caldereta
- (Valencia) a winter stew of pork, rutabaga, beans, and rice
- Synonym: arròs amb fesols i naps
- (geology) caldera
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- “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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish caldera. Doublet of caldaia.
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caldera f (plural caldere)
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- caldera in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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caldera m (definite singular calderaen, indefinite plural calderaer, definite plural calderaene)
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by kaldera
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin caldāria~caldārium (“cooking-pot”), derived from Latin caldus (“hot”). Doublet of caldero.
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Noun edit
caldera f (plural calderas)
- cauldron
- Synonym: cacerola
- boiler
- Synonyms: calefón, calentador de agua, (Mexico) boiler, (Mexico) bóiler
- (geology) caldera
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caldera f
Further reading edit
- “caldera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014