caldarium
UK/kælˈdɛəɹi.əm/US/kælˈdɛɹi.əm/
caldarium noun: in Roman baths, the hottest room, with a plunge-pool. It preceded the tepidarium and frigidarium.
Noun
caldarium (plural caldariums or caldaria)
- In Roman baths, the hottest room, with a plunge-pool. It preceded the tepidarium and frigidarium.
- In modern spas, a room with a hot floor.
- An intermediate or warm greenhouse.
- There is a pretty large glass-house, one-half being a caldarium, the other a tepidarium1851, The Floricultural Cabinet and Florist's Magazine, page 184
caldarium meaning in Tamil
caldarium in Tamil
- வெந்நீர்க் குளிப்பறை
Forms of caldarium
| plural | caldariums |
|---|---|
| plural | caldaria |
Origin of caldarium
Unadapted borrowing from Latin caldārium (“room containing warm water for bathing”), substantive of caldārius (“of, pertaining to or suitable for bathing”), from caldus (“warm, hot”) + -ārius, alternative form of calidus, from caleō (“to be warm or hot; glow”).
Words that rhyme with caldarium
- columbarium
- tepidarium
- sacrarium
- -arium
- herbarium
- necessarium
- ocularium
- samarium
- vestiarium
- acarinarium
- allylsamarium
- antiquarium
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- aquaterrarium
- argentarium
- armamentarium
- ascidiarium
- avicularium
- balsamarium
- bullarium
- bunarium
- calendarium
- calidarium
- calvarium
- canarium
- chilarium
- cibarium
- cinerarium
- clavicularium
- cochlearium
- collectarium
- collunarium
- cometarium
- conarium
- demecarium
- dibarium
- disamarium
- disciplinarium
- dissepimentarium
- emissarium
- evangelarium
- formicarium
- frigidarium
- fusarium
- gerbilarium
- germarium
- glaciarium
- glirarium
- gnathochilarium
- herpetarium
- hexabarium
- imaginarium
- insectarium
- Intermarium
- intracalvarium
- itinerarium
- juvenarium
- lactarium
- lararium
- larvarium
- leprosarium
Questions about caldarium
- What does caldarium mean?
- Caldarium means in Roman baths, the hottest room, with a plunge-pool. It preceded the tepidarium and frigidarium.
- What is caldarium in Tamil?
- Caldarium in Tamil is வெந்நீர்க் குளிப்பறை. See Caldarium meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is caldarium?
- Caldarium is a noun.
- How do you pronounce caldarium?
- Caldarium is pronounced /kælˈdɛəɹi.əm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of caldarium?
- The plural of caldarium is caldariums.
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