chowder

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US/ˈt͡ʃaʊdɚ/

noun

A thick, creamy soup or stew.

“fish chowder”

OriginFrench chaudière ← Late Latin caldāria ← Latin caldus →
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Meanings

nounchowder (countable and uncountable, plural chowders)

plural chowders

  1. countableuncountableA thick, creamy soup or stew.

    fish chowder

  2. countableuncountableA stew, particularly fish or seafood, not necessarily thickened.
  3. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of jowter.
verbchowder (third-person singular simple present chowders, present participle chowdering, simple past and past participle chowdered)

present singular third person chowders · participle present chowdering · participle past chowdered · past chowdered

  1. transitiveTo make (seafood, etc.) into chowder.

Origin

  1. Latincaldus“hot”
  2. Late Latincaldāria“cooking-pot”
  3. Frenchchaudière
  4. Englishchowder

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”).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 周打湯 /周打汤, 周打
  • 周打湯 /周打汤 (zau¹ daa² tong¹)thick, creamy soup or stew
  • 周打 (zau¹ daa²)thick, creamy soup or stew
  • 海鮮周打湯 /海鲜周打汤 (hoi² sin¹ zau¹ daa² tong¹)a seafood or fish stew
  • 海鮮周打 /海鲜周打 (hoi² sin¹ zau¹ daa²)a seafood or fish stew
Chinese Mandarin 羹
  • 羹 (gēng)thick, creamy soup or stew
Finnish (kermainen) keitto, pata
  • (kermainen) keittothick, creamy soup or stew
  • pataa seafood or fish stew
French chaudrée
  • chaudréethick, creamy soup or stew
German Fischsuppe
  • Fischsuppea seafood or fish stew
Japanese チャウダー, 寄せ鍋
  • チャウダー (chaudā)thick, creamy soup or stew
  • 寄せ鍋 (yosenabe)a seafood or fish stew
Russian густа́я похлёбка
  • густа́я похлёбка (gustája poxljóbka)thick, creamy soup or stew
Spanish shirumbi
  • shirumbia seafood or fish stew

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with chowder

powderlouderfly powder
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Anagrams

cowherd
Cite this entry
APA

chowder. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chowder

MLA

“chowder.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chowder. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chowder,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chowder.

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