different between candlestick vs candela

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

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