calderón

See also: Calderon and Calderón

Spanish

Etymology

From caldera (“cauldron”) +‎ -ón, or from a derivative of Late Latin caldaria or Latin caldarium. Compare Portuguese caldeirão, Italian calderone and French chaudron. Doublet of chodrón.

Noun

calderón m (plural calderones)

(cetaceans) pilot whale
(music) fermata
(typography) pilcrow, (the symbol ¶)
large cauldron

Derived terms

zifio calderón boreal

Further reading

“calderón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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