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candlepower
English
Etymology
candle +? power
Noun
candlepower (usually uncountable, plural candlepowers)
- (dated) unit of luminous intensity of a light source, equal to 0.981 candelas
Related terms
- candle
- power
- candela
Translations
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candelabrum
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)
- 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
- 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
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