different between candid vs candelabrum

English

Etymology

From Latin candidus (“white”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /?kæn.d?d/

Adjective

candid (comparative candider, superlative candidest)

1. Impartial and free from prejudice.
   • 21 January 2018, Oli Smith, in The Sunday Express

     Asked about the Brexit vote, the candid president told Marr: «I am not the one to judge or comment on the decision of your people.»

2. Straightforward, open and sincere.
   • 1871, unknown translator, Jules Verne (original), A Journey To The Center Of The Earth

     My candid opinion was that it was all rubbish!

3. Not posed or rehearsed.
   • 2002, Popular Photography

     Will the introduction of supplementary flash or flood intrude on a candid picture situation or ruin the mood?

Synonyms

• frank, open, parrhesiastic, sincere, unreserved

Derived terms

• candid camera

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

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

Noun

candid (plural candids)

1. A spontaneous or unposed photograph.

   His portraits looked stiff and formal but his candids showed life being lived.

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French candide, from Latin candidus.

Adjective

candid m or n (feminine singular candid?, masculine plural candizi, feminine and neuter plural candide)

1. candid

Declension

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