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caldera

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /kælˈdɛə.ɹə/
  • UK: /ˈkɔːl.də.ɹə/
  • US: /kælˈdɛɹ.ə/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K AE2 L D EH1 R AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: K AO2 L D EH1 R AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A city, port, and commune in Copiapó province, Atacama region, northern Chile.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A corregimiento in Boquete district, Chiriquí province, Panama.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A large crater formed by collapse of the cone or edifice of a volcano.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences, volcanology

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: crater

4

noun

Meaning 4

a large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: volcanic crater, crater

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish caldera (“cauldron”), from Late Latin caldāria (“warm bath”), from Latin caldārium. Doublet of chowder.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: حُفْرَة بُرْكَانِيَّة — geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion
  • Arabic: فُوَّهَة (fuwwaha) — geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion
  • Catalan: caldera — geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion
  • Chinese Mandarin: 破火山口 (pòhuǒshānkǒu) — geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion
  • Czech: kaldera — geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion
  • Danish: kaldera — geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion
  • Finnish: kaldera — geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion
  • French: caldera — geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion
  • German: Caldera — geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion
  • Greek: καλντέρα (kalntéra) — geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion
  • Irish: caildéara — geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion
  • Italian: caldera — geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion
  • Japanese: カルデラ (karudera) — geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion
  • Māori: tawhā — geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kaldera — geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kaldera — geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion
  • Polish: kaldera — geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion
  • Portuguese: caldeira — geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion
  • Russian: кальде́ра (kalʹdéra) — geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion
  • Slovak: kaldera — geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion
  • Spanish: caldera — geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion
  • Swedish: kaldera — geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion
  • Swedish: caldera — geology: a large crater formed by a volcanic explosion
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