different between holder vs candelabrum

English

Etymology

hold +? -er

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h??ld?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ho??d?/
• Rhymes: -??ld?(r)
• Hyphenation: hold?er

Noun

holder (plural holders)

1. A thing that holds.

   Put your umbrella in the umbrella holder.

2. A person who temporarily or permanently possesses something.

   He's been an account holder with us since 2004.

   In 2012, there were 28 living holders of the Victoria Cross or the George Cross.

3. (nautical) One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.
4. (sports) The defending champion.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Hordle

Danish

Etymology 1

From holde (“to hold”) +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?h?l?]

Noun

holder c (singular definite holderen, plural indefinite holdere)

1. holder

Inflection

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?h?l??]

Verb

holder

1. present tense of holde

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

holder

1. comparative degree of hold
2. inflection of hold:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From holde +? -er

Noun

holder m (definite singular holderen, indefinite plural holdere, definite plural holderne)

1. holder

Derived terms

• brystholder
• foredragsholder
• renholder

Etymology 2

Verb

holder

1. present tense of holde

References

• “holder” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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