Etymology 1
From boil + -er.
Noun
boiler (plural boilers)
- A person who boils something.
- A steam boiler.
- An apparatus for heating circulating water or other heat transferring liquid.
- A device consisting of a heat source and a tank for storing hot water, typically for space heating, domestic hot water etc., disregarding the source of heat.
- A kitchen vessel for steaming, boiling or heating food.
- A sunken reef, especially a coral reef, on which the sea breaks heavily.
- A tough old chicken only suitable for cooking by boiling.
- (UK, Australia, slang, derogatory) An old woman.
Translations
device for heating circulating water
- Arabic: غَلَّايَة f (ḡallāya)
- Belarusian: кацёл m (kacjól)
- Bulgarian: парен котел m (paren kotel)
- Burmese: ဘွိုင်လာ (my) (bhwuingla), ရေနွေးအိုး (my) (re-nwe:ui:)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 鍋爐/锅炉 (zh) (guōlú)
- Czech: kotel (cs) m
- Dutch: ketel (nl) m
- Estonian: katel (et)
- Finnish: lämmityskattila
- French: chaudière (fr) f
- Gallurese: pagghjòla
- Georgian: მადუღარა (maduɣara)
- German: Kessel (de) m, Boiler (de) m
- Greek: λέβητας (el) m (lévitas), ατμολέβητας (el) m (atmolévitas)
- Hebrew: דוד (he) m (dud)
- Hungarian: bojler (hu), kazán (hu)
- Italian: caldaia (it) f, scaldabagno (it) m, boiler (it) m
- Japanese: ボイラー (ja) (boirā)
- Korean: 보일러 (boilleo)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: کوڵێنەر (kullêner)
- Latin: aena f
- Low German: Ketel (nds) n
- Macedonian: котел m (kotel)
- Malay: dandang
- Maori: kōhua
- Marathi: बॉयलर m (bŏylar)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: уурын зуух (uuryn zuux), уурын тогоо (uuryn togoo)
- Polish: kocioł (pl) m
- Portuguese: caldeira (pt) f
- Russian: котёл (ru) m (kotjól), парово́й котёл m (parovój kotjól), бо́йлер (ru) m (bójler)
- Sardinian:
- Campidanese: labía, caddaxu, cardaxu
- Logudorese: caddarzu, labía
- Sicilian: caudara (scn) f, callara (scn), quadara (scn), codara (scn)
- Slovak: kotol m
- Spanish: caldera (es) f, calentador (es) m
- Swedish: värmepanna (sv) c, panna (sv) c
- Turkish: kazan (tr)
- Ukrainian: коте́л m (kotél)
- Urdu: گِیزَر m (gīzar)
- Venetan: caldera f
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hot water heater with storage
- Bulgarian: бо́йлер (bg) m (bójler)
- Czech: bojler (cs) m
- Dutch: boiler (nl) m
- Estonian: boiler (et)
- Finnish: lämminvesivaraaja (fi), boileri (fi)
- French: chauffe-eau (fr) m
- German: Kessel (de) m, Boiler (de) m
- Greek: θερμοσίφωνας (el) (thermosífonas)
- Hebrew: דּוּד (he) m (dud)
- Italian: bollitore (it) m
- Japanese: ボイラー (ja) (boirā)
- Korean: 보일러 (boilleo)
- Maori: kōhua
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: varmtvannsbereder m
- Polish: bojler (pl) m
- Portuguese: caldeira (pt) f
- Russian: кипяти́льник (ru) m (kipjatílʹnik)
- Scottish Gaelic: coire m
- Spanish: calentador (es) m, bóiler (es) m (Mexico), calefón (es) m (Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Uruguay), terma (es) f (Peru), termotanque (es) m (Argentina)
- Swedish: varmvattenberedare (sv) c
- Turkish: kazan (tr)
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vessel for steaming or boiling food
sunken reef on which the sea breaks heavily
Etymology 2
Shortening of boilerplate
Noun
boiler (plural not attested)
- (rare, informal) Boilerplate.
1994 May 4, Glenn Nicholas, “Re: Forms4 boilerplate accessible?”, in comp.databases.oracle (Usenet):While it appears the FRM40_TEXT table is the answer, saving a form with boiler text does not seem to insert into this table.
- 2003 December 7, Tom Potter, "Re: Why don't more people hate Bush?", in alt.politics.democrats and other newsgroups, Usenet:
- Note that Stuart Grey makes the assertion: "I think rationally on all subjects.", and then proceeds to use the standard boiler tactics and phrases of the people WHO instigate conflict and war.
2007, Jim Casey, “Re: NRA vs Bar Assoc over guns in cars”, in tx.guns (Usenet):Nearly every employer in my field has similar terms (they all come out of a legal boiler mill somewhere).
2009 March 30, hughess7, “Re: Mail merge to PDF”, in microsoft.public.access (Usenet):Just aligning all the paragraphs of 'boiler text' is tedious but trying to insert values in alignment is impossible!
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔi̯.lər/
- Hyphenation: boi‧ler
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔj.ler/
- Rhymes: -ɔjler
- Hyphenation: bòi‧ler
Further reading
- boiler in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- boiler in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Noun
boiler n (plural boilere)
- water heater
Declension
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indefinite articulation |
definite articulation |
indefinite articulation |
definite articulation |
nominative/accusative |
(un) boiler |
boilerul |
(niște) boilere |
boilerele |
genitive/dative |
(unui) boiler |
boilerului |
(unor) boilere |
boilerelor |
vocative |
boilerule |
boilerelor |
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