géiser

See also: geiser, Geiser, and gêiser

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• gêiser

Etymology

Borrowed from English geyser, from Geysir (“Gusher”), the Icelandic name of a particular geyser in Iceland, from the verb geysa (“to gush”).

Noun

géiser m (plural géiseres or (less common) géisers)

1. (geology) geyser (boiling spring which throws jets of water)

Further reading

• “géiser”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English geyser, from Icelandic Geysir, from the verb geysa (“to gush”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxeiseɾ/ [ˈxei̯.seɾ]

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• Rhymes: -eiseɾ
• Syllabification: géi‧ser

Noun

géiser m (plural géiseres)

1. geyser

Further reading

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