candela

English

Alternative forms

  • (abbreviation) cd

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin candēla (candle). Doublet of candle and chandelle.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kænˈdɛlə/, /kænˈdiːlə/, /ˈkændɪlə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kænˈdiːlə/, /kænˈdɛlə/
  • Rhymes: -ɛlə, -iːlə, -ændɪlə
  • 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

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Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin candela, with Ecclesiastical Latin influence. Doublet of the older inherited form canela[1].

Pronunciation

Noun

candela f (plural candeles)

  1. candle

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  1. candela”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

Further reading

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish candela, from Latin candela.

Noun

candela

  1. candle

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin candela (candle).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkɑnˈdeː.laː/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: can‧de‧la

Noun

candela f (plural candela's)

  1. candela

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin candēla. Doublet of chandelle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑ̃.de.la/
  • (file)

Noun

candela f (plural candelas)

  1. candela (SI unit of luminous intensity)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin candēla, derived from candeō (to shine, glow).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kanˈde.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

Further reading

  • candela in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From candeō (shine, glitter; glow) + -ēla.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kanˈdeː.la/, [kän̪ˈd̪eːɫ̪ä]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kanˈde.la/, [kän̪ˈd̪ɛːlä]

Noun

candēla f (genitive candēlae); 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.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative candēla candēlae
Genitive candēlae candēlārum
Dative candēlae candēlīs
Accusative candēlam candēlās
Ablative candēlā candēlīs
Vocative candēla candēlae

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Corsican: candela, candelu
    • Italian: candela
    • Sicilian: cannila
  • Padanian:
  • Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • Albanian: *këndell(i)
  • Ancient Greek: κανδήλη (kandḗlē)
    • Ancient Greek: κανδήλη (kandḗlē), κανδήλα (kandḗla), κανδῆλα (kandêla), κανδέλα (kandéla), καντῆλα (kantêla), καντήλα (kantḗla)
    • Classical Syriac: ܩܢܕܝܠܐ, ܩܢܕܠܐ (qandēlāʾ)
    • Georgian: კანდელი (ḳandeli)
      • Laz: კანდელი (ǩandeli)
    • Old Armenian: կանթեղ (kantʿeł), կանթեղն (kantʿełn)
      • Armenian: կանթեղ (kantʿeł), կանթեղ (kantʿeł); կանթէղ (kantʿēł); գանթեղ (gantʿeł); գանթէղ (gantʿēł); գանթէ՛ղ (gantʿḗł); կա՛նթիղ (kántʿił); կանտեղ (kanteł)
    • Old East Slavic: кандило (kandilo)
    • Old Church Slavonic: канъдило (kanŭdilo)
  • Basque: kandela
  • Proto-Brythonic: *kantuɨll (via Vulgar Latin *cantēlla)
  • Catalan: candela
  • Proto-Norse: *ᚲᚢᚾᛞᛁᛚᚨ (*kundila)
  • Old English: candel (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Irish: caindel (see there for further 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), կանթեղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 514

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑn.de.lɑ/

Noun

candela

  1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of candel

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin candela (cf. English candela). Doublet of the inherited candeia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɐ̃ˈdɛ.lɐ/

  • Hyphenation: can‧de‧la

Noun

candela f (plural candelas)

  1. (physics) candela (unit of measurement of luminous intensity)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin candēla. Doublet of candil.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kanˈdela/ [kãn̪ˈd̪e.la]
  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Syllabification: can‧de‧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
    • 1997, Luis Marquetti; Sergio González Siaba (lyrics and music), “El Cuarto de Tula”, performed by Buena Vista Social Club:
      El cuarto de Tula, le cogió candela / Se quedó dormida y no apagó la vela
      Tula's room caught fire / She fell asleep and didn't put out the candle

Descendants

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

candela c

  1. candela

References

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