chaudron

chaudron (plural chaudrons)

1. Obsolete spelling of chawdron.

Inherited from Middle French chaudron, from Old French chauderon, ultimately from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”). Compare English cauldron (from the northern Old French variant caudron).

• IPA^(key): /ʃo.dʁɔ̃/

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• Hyphenation: chau‧dron

chaudron m (plural chaudrons)

1. cauldron
2. (Quebec) pot

   Synonyms: pot, marmite

• “chaudron”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

From Old French chauderon.

chaudron m (plural chaudrons)

1. cauldron (large metal cooking pot)

• French: chaudron