géiser

See also: geiser, Geiser, and gêiser

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• gêiser

Noun

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

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

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