different between firework vs girandole

firework

English

Etymology

fire +? work

Noun

firework (plural fireworks)

  1. A device using gunpowder and other chemicals which, when lit, emits a combination of coloured flames, sparks, whistles or bangs, and sometimes made to rocket high into the sky before exploding, used for entertainment or celebration.

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See also

Further reading

  • firework on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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girandole

English

Etymology

From French girandole, from Italian girandola, from girare (to turn, gyrate)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?d????nd??l/

Noun

girandole (plural girandoles)

  1. An ornamental branched candle holder, sometimes with a mirror behind.
    • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XVIII
      As I sat in my usual nook, and looked at him with the light of the girandoles on the mantelpiece beaming full over him...
  2. (pyrotechnics) A type of firework which creates a "whirling top" or "flying saucer" effect.

Anagrams

  • negroidal, reloading, ride along, ridealong

French

Noun

girandole f (plural girandoles)

  1. girandole

Italian

Noun

girandole f

  1. plural of girandola

Anagrams

  • deraglino, rigelando, rilegando

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