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.
   • 2000, Tony Waltham, Geyser watching, Geology Today Vol. 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.

• crater

• Lacerda, craaled

caldera f (plural calderes)

1. cauldron
2. boiler
3. (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.
• “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

From Late Latin caldāria (“warm bath”), from Latin caldus, from calidus (“warm”).

• IPA^(key): /kalˈdeɾa/, [kal̪ˈd̪eɾa]

caldera f (plural calderas)

1. cauldron
2. boiler
3. (geology) caldera

• (cauldron): cacerola
• (boiler):
  • calefón
  • calentador de agua
  • boiler, bóiler (Mexico)

• calderón

• caldero
• caldo

• → English: caldera
• → Italian: caldera

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