Haiti
chaudière
Meaning
a cooking pot
Elsewhere
marmite
Explanation
A chaudière is a boiler in France, the household heating kind. Haiti uses the same word for an everyday cooking pot, what standard French calls a marmite.
Example
Elle a posé la chaudière sur le feu pour préparer le riz.
She put the pot on the fire to cook the rice.
Origin
From Latin caldaria, a cauldron or a steam room.
Source
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