different between candela vs chandelier

English

Alternative forms

• (abbreviation) cd

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cand?la (“candle”). Doublet of candle and chandelle.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kæn?d?l?/, /kæn?di?l?/, /?kænd?l?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kæn?d?l?/, /kæn?del?/
• Rhymes: -?l?, -i?l?, -ænd?l?
• Hyphenation: can?de?la

Noun

candela (plural candelas or (rare) candelae)

1. In the International System of Units, the base unit of luminous intensity; the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10¹² hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian. Symbol: cd

Related terms

• candelabrum
• candid
• candidate
• candle
• candlepower
• candlestick
• chandler
• chandlery

Translations

Further reading

• candela on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• canaled, decanal

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed (in this form) from Latin candela, with Ecclesiastical Latin influence. Compare the older inherited form canela.

Noun

candela f (plural candeles)

1. candle

Related terms

• canelobre

References

Further reading

• “candela” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “candela” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “candela” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin candela (“candle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?n?de?.la?/
• Hyphenation: can?de?la

Noun

candela f (plural candela's)

1. candela

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cand?la. Doublet of chandelle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.de.la/

Noun

candela f (plural candelas)

1. candela (SI unit of luminous intensity)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin cand?la, derived from cande? (“I shine, glow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kan?de.la/
• Rhymes: -ela
• Hyphenation: can?dé?la

Noun

candela f (plural candele)

1. candle
2. Ellipsis of candela di accensione (“spark plug”)
3. candela (SI unit of luminous intensity)
4. (slang) snot
5. chandelle (aerobatic maneuver)

Derived terms

• candelaggio
• candelaio
• candeliere

Related terms

• candelabro

Anagrams

• caldane

References

• candela in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

From cande? (“shine, glitter; glow”) +? -?la.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kan?de?.la/, [kän??d?e???ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kan?de.la/, [k?n??d???l?]

Noun

cand?la f (genitive cand?lae); first declension

1. A light made of wax or tallow; tallow candle or taper.
2. A fire.
3. A cord covered with wax.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• cand?l?brum

Related terms

Descendants

References

• candela in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• candela in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• candela in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• candela in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• candela in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• candela in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• A?a?ean, Hra??eay (1973) , “??????”, in Hayer?n armatakan ba?aran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 514

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin candela (cf. English candela). Doublet of the inherited candeia.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: can?de?la

Noun

candela f (plural candelas)

1. (physics) candela (unit of measurement of luminous intensity)

Related terms

• candeia

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cand?la. Doublet of candil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kan?dela/, [kãn??d?e.la]

Noun

candela f (plural candelas)

1. candle

   Synonym: vela

2. (physics) candela (physical unit)
3. combustible

   Synonym: lumbre

4. (especially Cuba, Venezuela) fire, light

   Synonyms: fuego, incendio

Related terms

• candelabro
• candelero
• echar candela
• matacandelas
• ser candela

Descendants

• ? Cebuano: kandila
• ? Limos Kalinga: kandela
• ? Masbatenyo: kandila
• ? Papiamentu: kandela
• ? Tagalog: kandila

Further reading

• “candela” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Noun

candela c

1. candela

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chandelier, from Latin candelabrum, from candela (“a candle”). Doublet of candelabrum. see candle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ænd??l??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

chandelier (plural chandeliers)

1. A branched, often ornate, lighting fixture suspended from the ceiling
   • 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, A House Is Built, Chapter VII, Section vi

     She opened the drawing-room door in trepidation. Would she find Esther drowned with her head in the goldfish bowl, or hanged from the chandelier by her stay-lace?

2. (auction) A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction.

   Synonym: wall

   • 2007, Frank Pope, "Dragon Sea: a true tale of treasure, archeology, and greed off the coast of Vietnam", Harcourt Books, p. 306.

     A mysterious phone bidder was grabbing the pieces that no one else wanted—Mensun suspected this was the auction house "bidding against the chandelier," protecting itself against selling too low.

3. (obsolete, military) A portable frame used to support temporary wooden fences.
   • 1747, James Boswell, The Scots Book, volume 9, p. 37. [1]

     Chandelier. A wooden frame, whereon are laid fascines or faggots, to cover the workmen in making approaches.

   • 1994, Todd A. Shallat, Structures in the Stream: Water, Science, and the Rise of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, University of Texas Press, p. 32.

     Europeans solved this problem by building a temporary fence with tightly bound sticks ("fascines") stacked into wooden frames ("chandeliers").

4. (surgery) An endoilluminator used in eye surgery.

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• chandelier in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• chandelier in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.d?.lje/

Etymology 1

From Latin cand?l?brum, with a change in suffix. Doublet of candélabre.

Noun

chandelier m (plural chandeliers)

1. candlestick
2. chandelier

Related terms

• chandelle

Etymology 2

chandelle +? -ier, or from Medieval Latin candel?rius. Compare Catalan candeler, Italian candelaio, Spanish candelero.

Noun

chandelier m (plural chandeliers)

1. candlemaker

Further reading

• “chandelier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Noun

chandelier m (plural chandelieres)

1. chandelier