different between chaldron vs chaudron

English

Etymology

French chaudron. Doublet of cauldron.

Noun

chaldron (plural chaldrons)

1. (archaic) An old English dry measure, containing four quarters. At London, 36 bushels heaped up, or its equivalent weight, and more than twice as much at Newcastle. Now used exclusively for coal and coke.
   • 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 4, p. 208.

     The celdra or chaldron is employed in some places, especially at Finchale or Wearmouth. It appears to contain four quarters or thereabouts, and is perhaps the original measure of which the quarter is a fraction.

   • ????, De Colange.

     In the United States the chaldron is ordinarily 2,940 lbs, but at New York it is 2,500 lbs.

Anagrams

• chlordan, chondral

English

Noun

chaudron (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of chawdron (entrails)

French

Etymology

From Middle French chaudron, chaulderon, from Old French chauderon, chaudron (cf. the northern variant caudron, whence English cauldron), from chaud(ière) +? -eron (see -on), or a derivative of Late Latin caldaria or Latin caldarium. Compare Italian calderone, Portuguese caldeirão, Spanish calderón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o.d???/

Noun

chaudron m (plural chaudrons)

1. cauldron
2. (Quebec) pot

Derived terms

• c'est la poêle qui se moque du chaudron

Related terms

• chaud

Further reading

• “chaudron” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Middle French

Alternative forms

• chauderon ('chauderon' and 'chaudron' are about equally common)
• chaulderon
• chauldron

Etymology

From Old French chauderon.

Noun

chaudron m (plural chaudrons)

1. cauldron (large metal cooking pot)

Descendants

• French: chaudron