caldera

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.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kælˈdɛə.ɹə/, /ˈkɔːl.də.ɹə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kælˈdɛɹ.ə/

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caldera (plural calderas)

1. (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.

• Lacerda, craaled

Inherited from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”), derived from Latin caldus (“hot”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəlˈðe.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [kalˈðe.ɾa]

caldera f (plural calderes)

1. cauldron
2. boiler
3. (Balearic) a type of fish or seafood soup

   Synonym: caldereta

4. (Valencia) a winter stew of pork, rutabaga, beans, and rice

   Synonym: arròs amb fesols i naps

5. (geology) caldera

• “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.

Borrowed from Spanish caldera. Doublet of caldaia.

caldera f (plural caldere)

1. caldera

• caldera in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• caldare

caldera m (definite singular calderaen, indefinite plural calderaer, definite plural calderaene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by kaldera

From Late Latin caldāria~caldārium (“cooking-pot”), derived from Latin caldus (“hot”). Doublet of caldero.

• IPA^(key): /kalˈdeɾa/ [kal̪ˈd̪e.ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: cal‧de‧ra

caldera f (plural calderas)

1. cauldron

   Synonym: cacerola

2. boiler

   Synonyms: calefón, calentador de agua, (Mexico) boiler, (Mexico) bóiler

3. (geology) caldera

• → English: caldera
• → Italian: caldera

caldera f

1. feminine singular of caldero

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