# caldeira
## French
### Alternative forms

* caldera (from Spanish)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese caldeira. Doublet of chaudière.

### Noun

caldeira f (plural caldeiras)
* caldera

### Further reading

* “caldeira”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese caldeyra, from Late Latin caldāria~caldārium (“cooking-pot”), derived from Latin caldus (“hot”). Doublet of caldeiro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kalˈdejɾa/

### Noun

caldeira f (plural caldeiras)
* pot; cauldron
** 1375, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 380:et hua caldeyra et huum caldeyroon et huas greelas et huum speto de ferro et huum acetere et hua arameña et huas Gramalleyras et das outras perfeas de casa todos los bacios et escudelas et talladores et salseyros de fuste que ouuer na casa et hua mesaand a pot, and a cauldron, and a grill, and a skewer of iron, and a jug, and a pot of cooper, and a trammel; and of the rest of domestic ware, every bucket, and bowl, and knives, and saucers of wood that are in the house, and a table
** 1707, Salvador Francisco Roel, Entremés ao real e feliz parto da nosa raíña:Vinte cinco ducias D'obos eu lle ofrezo, porque teñan conque fazer os Formigos, e de mel vnha caldeyra, que os meus cobos e cortizos teñen moy boas entenas; porque sairon ogano moytos enjames d'abellas.Twenty-five dozens of eggs I offer her, so that they have the necessary to cook the formigos; and of honey a pot, because my skeps and hives have very good honeycombs, because this year many swarms of bees went out
* boiler (device for heating circulating water)
* (volcanology) caldera (large crater)
* ditch

#### Related terms

* caldeiro
* caldeirón
* caldo

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “caldeira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “caldeyra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “caldeira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “caldeira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “caldeira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese caldeyra, from Late Latin caldāria~caldārium (“cooking-pot”), derived from Latin caldus (“hot”). Doublet of caldeiro.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /kawˈde(j).ɾɐ/ [kaʊ̯ˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /kawˈde(j).ɾɐ/ [kaʊ̯ˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /kawˈde(j).ɾa/ [kaʊ̯ˈde(ɪ̯).ɾa]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kalˈdɐj.ɾɐ/ [kaɫˈdɐj.ɾɐ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /kalˈdɐj.ɾɐ/ [kaɫˈdɐj.ɾɐ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /kalˈdej.ɾɐ/ [kaɫˈdej.ɾɐ]
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /kalˈdej.ɾɐ/ [kaɫˈdej.ɾɐ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /kalˈde.ɾɐ/ [kaɫˈde.ɾɐ]

### Noun

caldeira f (plural caldeiras)
* boiler (device for heating circulating water)
* (volcanology) caldera (large crater)
    Synonym: cratera
* (nautical) small inlet or bay
    Synonym: enseada

#### Derived terms

* caldeirão
* caldeira vulcânica

#### Related terms

* caldeiro
* caldo