chowder

English

Etymology

Probably borrowed from French chaudière, from Late Latin caldāria (“cooking-pot”), derived from Latin caldus (“hot”). Related to English cauldron.

Possibly from older English jowter (“fish monger”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃaʊdɚ/

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• Rhymes: -aʊdə(ɹ)

Noun

chowder (countable and uncountable, plural chowders)

1. A thick, creamy soup or stew.

   fish chowder

2. A stew, particularly fish or seafood, not necessarily thickened.
3. Alternative spelling of jowter

Derived terms

• chowder beer
• chowder-head
• chowder head
• chowderheaded
• chowder-headed
• chowderlike
• clam chowder

Translations

thick, creamy soup or stew

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 周打湯 / 周打汤 (zau¹ daa² tong¹), 周打 (zau¹ daa²)

  Mandarin: 羹 (zh) (gēng)

• Finnish: (kermainen) keitto
• French: chaudrée (fr) f
• Japanese: チャウダー (chaudā)
• Russian: густая похлёбка f

A seafood or fish stew

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 海鮮周打湯 / 海鲜周打汤 (hoi² sin¹ zau¹ daa² tong¹), 海鮮周打 / 海鲜周打 (hoi² sin¹ zau¹ daa²)

• Finnish: pata (fi)
• German: Fischsuppe (de) f
• Japanese: 寄せ鍋 (よせなべ, yosenabe)

Verb

chowder (third-person singular simple present chowders, present participle chowdering, simple past and past participle chowdered)

1. (transitive) To make (seafood, etc.) into chowder.

Anagrams

• Cowherd, cowherd