"caldera" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kælˈdɛə.ɹə/ [UK], /ˈkɔːl.də.ɹə/ [UK], /kælˈdɛɹ.ə/ [US] Audio: en-au-caldera.ogg Forms: calderas [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish caldera (“cauldron”), from Late Latin caldāria (“warm bath”), from Latin caldārium. Doublet of chowder. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|es|caldera|t=cauldron}} Borrowed from Spanish caldera (“cauldron”), {{der|en|LL.|caldāria|t=warm bath}} Late Latin caldāria (“warm bath”), {{der|en|la|caldārium}} Latin caldārium, {{doublet|en|chowder}} Doublet of chowder Head templates: {{en-noun}} caldera (plural calderas)
  1. (volcanology) A large crater formed by collapse of the cone or edifice of a volcano. Wikipedia link: caldera Categories (topical): Volcanology Categories (place): Landforms Derived forms: intracaldera Related terms: calorie, cauldron, coddle, scald Translations (geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion): حُفْرَة بُرْكَانِيَّة (alt: ḥufra(t) burkāniyya) [feminine] (Arabic), فُوَّهَة (fuwwaha) [feminine] (Arabic), caldera [feminine] (Catalan), 破火山口 (pòhuǒshānkǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), kaldera [feminine] (Czech), kaldera [common-gender] (Danish), kaldera (Finnish), caldera [feminine] (French), Caldera [feminine] (German), καλντέρα (kalntéra) [feminine] (Greek), caildéara [masculine] (Irish), caldera [feminine] (Italian), カルデラ (karudera) (Japanese), tawhā (Maori), kaldera [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kaldera [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), kaldera [feminine] (Polish), caldeira [feminine] (Portuguese), кальде́ра (kalʹdéra) [feminine] (Russian), kaldera [feminine] (Slovak), caldera [feminine] (Spanish), kaldera [common-gender] (Swedish), caldera [common-gender] (Swedish)

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    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caldera"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "karudera",
      "sense": "geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion",
      "word": "カルデラ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion",
      "word": "tawhā"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaldera"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kaldera"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kaldera"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caldeira"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kalʹdéra",
      "sense": "geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кальде́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kaldera"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "caldera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kaldera"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "caldera"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caldera"
}

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