chaudière
French, noun/ʃo.djɛʁ/
chaudière is spelled C-H-A-U-D-I-È-R-E (9 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written French, the 10,655th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chaudière is a French feminine noun meaning “boiler” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chaudron”.
What does chaudière mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineboiler
- 2
femininecauldron (large pot)
- 3
Quebecfemininebucket
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chaudron. 2. Récipient clos, de cuivre, de tôle ou de fonte dans lequel l’eau se transforme en vapeur. 3. Appareil qui produit de l'eau chaude ou de la vapeur dont la circulation permet notamment de faire fonctionner le chauffage central. 4. Caudrette.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of chaudière
- chaudières plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chaudière?
- /ʃo.djɛʁ/
- Quebec /ʃo.d͡zjaɛ̯ʁ/
- \ʃo.djɛʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chaudière
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chaudière in French?
chaudière appears 5.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).