different between candelabrum vs candlestick

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin cand?l?brum (“candlestick”), from cand?la. Doublet of chandelier.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kænd??l??b??m/
• IPA^(key): /kænd??le?b??m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kæn.dl???.b??m/, /?kæn.dl??æ.b??m/
• Hyphenation: can?de?la?brum

Noun

candelabrum (plural candelabra or candelabrums)

1. A candle holder.

Usage notes

• Candelabra is much more common as the plural of candelabrum than candelabrums.

Related terms

• chandelier
• candela
• candid
• candidate
• candle
• candlepower
• candlestick
• chandler
• chandlery

Translations

References

Latin

Alternative forms

• cand?l?ber
• cand?l?brus

Etymology

From cand?la (“candle”) +? -brum.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cand?l?brum n (genitive cand?l?br?); second declension

1. A branched candlestick; chandelier, candelabrum, lampstand.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Derived terms

• cand?l?br?rius

Related terms

Descendants

Further reading

• candelabrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• candelabrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• candelabrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• candelabrum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• candelabrum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

English

Alternative forms

• canstick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English candelstik, candelstikke, from Old English candelsticca (“candlestick”), equivalent to candle +? stick. Cognate with Scots candilsteke, candilstik (“candlestick”). Compare Old Norse kertastika, kertistika (“candlestick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kænd?l?st?k/, /?kændl??st?k/

Noun

candlestick (plural candlesticks)

1. A holder with a socket or spike for a candle.

   • Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
2. A gymnastics move in which the legs are pointed vertically upward.
3. (investing) A color-coded bar showing the open and closing prices of a stock on a candlestick chart.

Synonyms

• candle holder

Coordinate terms

• candelabrum
• candelabra
• chamber candlestick
• menorah

Derived terms

• rub one's face with a brass candlestick

Descendants

• Sranan Tongo: kandratiki

Translations

Verb

candlestick (third-person singular simple present candlesticks, present participle candlesticking, simple past and past participle candlesticked)

1. (of a parachute) To catch on fire, so that the chute resembles a tapered candle with a flame on top.
2. (investing) To analyze stock behavior using Japanese candlestick charts.
3. To adorn with candlesticks.
4. To form a tall, thin, tapering shape similar to a candle.

Further reading

• candlestick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia