different between candle vs canale

English

Etymology

From Middle English candel, from Old English candel (“candle”), borrowed from Latin cand?la (“candle”), from Latin cande? (“be white, bright, shining”, verb); see candid. Doublet of candela and chandelle.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kænd?l/, /?kændl?/
• Rhymes: -ænd?l

Noun

candle (plural candles)

1. A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.

2. The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter.
3. (obsolete) A unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela.
4. (forestry) A fast-growing, light-colored, upward-growing shoot on a pine tree in the spring. As growth slows in summer, the shoot darkens and is no longer conspicuous.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• Sranan Tongo: kandra
• ? Chichewa: kandulo

Translations

Verb

candle (third-person singular simple present candles, present participle candling, simple past and past participle candled)

1. (embryology, transitive) To observe the growth of an embryo inside (an egg), using a bright light source.
2. (pottery, transitive) To dry (greenware) prior to the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware.
3. (transitive) To check (an item, such as an envelope) by holding it between a light source and the eye.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Declan, calend, lanced

Italian

Etymology

From Latin can?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka?na.le/

Noun

canale m (plural canali)

1. channel
2. canal
3. conduit
4. (anatomy) duct, canal

Related terms

• canalizzare
• canalone
• incanalare
• canale di drenaggio
• canale di scolo

Descendants

• ? German: Kanal
• ? Polish: kana?
  • ? Russian: ?????? (kanava)
    • ? Azerbaijani: qanov
    • ? Bezhta: [script needed] (kanaw)
    • ? Finnish: kanava
    • ? Komi-Zyrian: ?????? (kanava)
    • ? Votic: kanava
  • ? Ukrainian: ?????? (kanava)

Latin

Noun

can?le

1. ablative singular of can?lis

References

• canale in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• canale in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka?na.le]

Noun

canale f pl (plural only)

1. garden balsam (Impatiens balsamina)

Synonyms

• balsamin?

Paronyms

• canal

Noun

canale n pl

1. plural of canal

References

• canale in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)