caildéara

Irish

Etymology

From Spanish caldera (“cauldron”), from Late Latin caldāria (“warm bath”), from Latin caldārium.

Noun

caildéara m (genitive singular caildéara, nominative plural caildéaraí)

1. (volcanology) caldera

Declension

Declension of caildéara (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative caildéara caildéaraí vocative a chaildéara a chaildéaraí genitive caildéara caildéaraí dative caildéara caildéaraí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an caildéara na caildéaraí genitive an chaildéara na gcaildéaraí dative leis an gcaildéara don chaildéara leis na caildéaraí

Mutation

Mutated forms of caildéara

radical	lenition	eclipsis
caildéara	chaildéara	gcaildéara

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caildéara”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “caldera”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025