different between chauldron vs chaudron

English

Noun

chauldron (plural chauldrons)

1. Obsolete form of chawdron.

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