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chaudière

boiler, water heater

noun shoh-DYEHR Rare
Home & Lifestyle Household Items

Also means

cauldron

Usage Note

Chaudière refers to a domestic boiler (la chaudière à gaz — the gas boiler) or an industrial steam boiler. In Québécois French chaudière can also mean a bucket or pail, a meaning absent from European French. La salle des chaudières is the boiler room.

Examples

"La chaudière est en panne ce matin."

Natural Translation

The boiler is broken down this morning.

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