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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
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* {{IPA|en|/ˈkændəl/|/ˈkændl̩/|a=GenAm,RP}} |
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* {{audio|en|En-us-candle.ogg| |
* {{audio|en|En-us-candle.ogg|a=US}} |
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* {{rhymes|en|ændəl|s=2}} |
* {{rhymes|en|ændəl|s=2}} |
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# A [[light source]] consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as [[wax]], [[tallow]], or [[paraffin]]. |
# A [[light source]] consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as [[wax]], [[tallow]], or [[paraffin]]. |
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#: {{co|en|light a '''candle'''}} |
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#: {{ |
#: {{co|en|blow out the '''candles''' on the birthday cake}} |
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#: {{co|en|snuff out the '''candle'''}} |
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# The protruding, removable portion of a [[filter]], particularly a water filter. |
# The protruding, removable portion of a [[filter]], particularly a water filter. |
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# {{lb|en|obsolete}} A unit of [[luminous intensity]], now replaced by the [[SI]] unit [[candela]]. |
# {{lb|en|obsolete}} A unit of [[luminous intensity]], now replaced by the [[SI]] unit [[candela]]. |
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====Derived terms==== |
====Derived terms==== |
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{{col-auto|en|candlelighting|candlestub|candlewax|candlewick|candlewright|candle bush |
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{{der3|en |
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|better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness|Advent candle|bush candle|candle chart|candle light|candle salad|candle-light|candle-wick|Hefner candle|ice candle|international candle|new candle|the candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long |
|better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness|Advent candle|bush candle|candle chart|candle light|candle salad|candle-light|candle-wick|candleworks|Hefner candle|ice candle|international candle|new candle|the candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long |
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|burn one's candle at both ends |
|burn one's candle at both ends |
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|[[candlebark]] ({{taxlink|Eucalyptus rubida|species}}) |
|[[candlebark]] ({{taxlink|Eucalyptus rubida|species}}) |
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|[[candleberry]] ( |
|[[candleberry]] ({{taxfmt|Myrica|genus}} spp,) |
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|candle auction |
|candle auction |
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|candlebomb |
|candlebomb|yahrzeit candle |
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|candle coal |
|candle coal |
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|[[candlefish]] |
|[[candlefish]] |
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|candleflame |
|candleflame |
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|candleglow|death candle|grave candle|Our Lord's candle |
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|candleglow |
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|candleholder |
|candleholder |
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|candle in the wind |
|candle in the wind |
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|candlemaking |
|candlemaking |
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|Candlemas |
|Candlemas |
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|[[candlenut]] ( |
|[[candlenut]] ({{taxfmt|Aleurites|genus}} spp.) |
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|candlepin |
|candlepin |
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|candlepower |
|candlepower |
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|candlewaster |
|candlewaster |
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|candle wax |
|candle wax |
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|[[candlewood]] ( |
|[[candlewood]] ({{taxfmt|Fouquieria splendens|species}}) |
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|composite candle |
|composite candle |
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|corpse candle |
|corpse candle |
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|taper candle |
|taper candle |
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|tea candle |
|tea candle |
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|time candle |
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|votive candle |
|votive candle |
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|Yablochkov candle |
|Yablochkov candle |
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|cube candle |
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|better to light a candle than to curse the darkness|better to light one candle than to curse the darkness|better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness|burn the candle at both ends|candle dance|candle holder|candle magick|candle power|candle-end|candle-stub|candle-waster|candle-wasting|desert candle|devil's candle|dip candle|Easter candle|foot-candle|rush candle|sulphur candle|the game is not worth the candle|wax-candle}} |
|better to light a candle than to curse the darkness|better to light one candle than to curse the darkness|better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness|burn the candle at both ends|candle dance|candle holder|candle magick|candle power|candle-end|candle-stub|candle-waster|candle-wasting|desert candle|devil's candle|dip candle|Easter candle|foot-candle|rush candle|sulphur candle|the game is not worth the candle|wax-candle}} |
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====Translations==== |
====Translations==== |
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{{trans-top|a light source}} |
{{trans-top|a light source}} |
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* Abkhaz: {{t|ab|цәымза|alt=ацәымза |
* Abkhaz: {{t|ab|цәымза|alt=ацәымза}} |
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* Acehnese: {{t|ace|lilén}} |
* Acehnese: {{t|ace|lilén}} |
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* Afar: {{t-needed|aa}} |
* Afar: {{t-needed|aa}} |
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* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|kers}} |
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|kers}} |
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* Albanian: {{t+|sq|qiri|m}} |
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|qiri|m}} |
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* Amharic: {{t|am|ቫማ| |
* Amharic: {{t|am|ቫማ}}, {{t|am|ሻማ}} |
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* Arabic: {{t|ar|شَمْعَة|f}}, {{t+|ar|قِنْدِيل|m}} |
* Arabic: {{t|ar|شَمْعَة|f}}, {{t+|ar|قِنْدِيل|m}} |
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*: Egyptian Arabic: {{t|arz|شمع}} |
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*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|شَمْعَة|f|tr=šamʕa}} |
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|شَمْعَة|f|tr=šamʕa}} |
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* Aragonese: {{t|an|espelma|f}}, {{t|an|candela|f}} |
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* Armenian: {{t+|hy|մոմ}} |
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* Aromanian: {{t|rup|luminare|f}}, {{t|rup|lunjinare|f}}, {{t|rup|lumbardã}}, {{t|rup|ayiucheri}} |
* Aromanian: {{t|rup|luminare|f}}, {{t|rup|lunjinare|f}}, {{t|rup|lumbardã}}, {{t|rup|ayiucheri}} |
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* Assamese: {{t-needed|as}} |
* Assamese: {{t-needed|as}} |
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* Asturian: {{t+|ast|vela|f}} |
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|vela|f}} |
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* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|şam}}, {{t+|az|mum}} |
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|şam}}, {{t+|az|mum}} |
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* Baluchi: {{t|bal|کنڈل}} |
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* Bashkir: {{t|ba|шәм |
* Bashkir: {{t|ba|шәм}}, {{t|ba|май шәм}} |
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* Basque: {{t|eu|kandela}} |
* Basque: {{t|eu|kandela}} |
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* Belarusian: {{t|be|све́чка|f |
* Belarusian: {{t|be|све́чка|f}} |
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* Bengali: {{t+|bn|মোমবাতি}}, {{t|bn|শামা}} |
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|মোমবাতি}}, {{t+|bn|শামা}} |
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* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|𑂧𑂷𑂧𑂥𑂞𑂹𑂞𑂲}} |
* Bhojpuri: {{t|bho|𑂧𑂷𑂧𑂥𑂞𑂹𑂞𑂲}} |
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* Bouyei: {{t|pcc|xugt}}, {{t|pcc|sancxugt}} |
* Bouyei: {{t|pcc|xugt}}, {{t|pcc|sancxugt}} |
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* Breton: {{t+|br|boujienn|f}}, {{t+|br|kantol|f}} |
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* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|свещ|f}} |
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|свещ|f}} |
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* Burmese: {{t+|my|ဖယောင်းတိုင် |
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ဖယောင်းတိုင်}} |
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* Burushaski: {{t|bsk|شمع}} |
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* Catalan: {{t+|ca|espelma|f}}, {{t+|ca|candela|f}} |
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|espelma|f}}, {{t+|ca|candela|f}} |
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* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|kandila}} |
* Cebuano: {{t|ceb|kandila}} |
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* Chichewa: {{t|ny|kandulo}} |
* Chichewa: {{t|ny|kandulo}} |
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* Chinese: |
* Chinese: |
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*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|蠟燭 |
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|蠟燭}} |
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*: Dungan: {{t|dng|ла}} |
*: Dungan: {{t|dng|ла}} |
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*: Eastern Min: {{t|cdo|燭}} |
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*: Hakka: {{t|hak|蠟燭|tr=la̍p-chuk}} |
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*: Hokkien: {{t+|nan-hbl|蠟燭|tr=la̍h-chek}} |
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*: Northern Min: {{t|mnp|蠟燭}} |
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*: Wu: {{t|wuu|蠟燭|tr=8laq-tsoq}} |
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* Classical Nahuatl: {{t|nci|xīcohcuitlaocōtl}} |
* Classical Nahuatl: {{t|nci|xīcohcuitlaocōtl}} |
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* Coptic: {{t|cop|ⲙⲟⲩⲗϩ}} |
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* Cornish: {{t|kw|kantol}} |
* Cornish: {{t|kw|kantol}} |
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* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|çıraq}} |
* Crimean Tatar: {{t|crh|çıraq}} |
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* Czech: {{t+|cs|svíce|f}}, {{t+|cs|svíčka|f}} |
* Czech: {{t+|cs|svíce|f}}, {{t+|cs|svíčka|f}} |
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* Danish: {{t+|da|lys}}, {{t+|da|stearinlys}} |
* Danish: {{t+|da|lys}}, {{t+|da|stearinlys}} |
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* Dhivehi: {{t|dv|އުއްބައްތި |
* Dhivehi: {{t|dv|އުއްބައްތި}} |
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* Dutch: {{t+|nl|kaars|f}} |
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|kaars|f}} |
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* Erzya: {{t|myv|штатол}} |
* Erzya: {{t|myv|штатол}} |
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* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kynttilä}} |
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|kynttilä}} |
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* French: {{t+|fr|bougie|f}}, {{t+|fr|chandelle|f}} |
* French: {{t+|fr|bougie|f}}, {{t+|fr|chandelle|f}} |
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*: Middle French: {{t|frm|chandelle|f}} |
*: Middle French: {{t|frm|chandelle|f}} |
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* Friulian: {{t|fur|cjandele|f}}, {{t|fur|čhandele|f}} |
* Friulian: {{t|fur|cjandele|f}}, {{t|fur|čhandele|f}} |
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* Galician: {{t+|gl|candea|f}} |
* Galician: {{t+|gl|candea|f}} |
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* Georgian: {{t|ka|სანთელი |
* Georgian: {{t+|ka|სანთელი}} |
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* German: {{t+|de|Kerze|f}} |
* German: {{t+|de|Kerze|f}} |
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* Gothic: {{t|got|𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌽}} |
* Gothic: {{t|got|𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌽}} |
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* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|ihoiho}} |
* Hawaiian: {{t|haw|ihoiho}} |
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* Hebrew: {{t+|he|נֵר|tr=ner|m}} |
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|נֵר|tr=ner|m}} |
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* Hindi: {{t+|hi|मोमबत्ती|f |
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|मोमबत्ती|f}}, {{t+|hi|शमा|f}} |
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* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|gyertya}} |
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|gyertya}} |
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* Hunsrik: {{t|hrx|Kerz|f}} |
* Hunsrik: {{t|hrx|Kerz|f}} |
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* Javanese: {{t+|jv|lilin}} |
* Javanese: {{t+|jv|lilin}} |
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* Kalmyk: {{t|xal|ла}} |
* Kalmyk: {{t|xal|ла}} |
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* Kannada: {{t+|kn|ಮೋಂಬತ್ತಿ |
* Kannada: {{t+|kn|ಮೋಂಬತ್ತಿ}} |
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* Karakalpak: {{t|kaa|sham}} |
* Karakalpak: {{t|kaa|sham}} |
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* Kashubian: {{t|csb|swiéca|f}} |
* Kashubian: {{t|csb|swiéca|f}} |
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* Kazakh: {{t|kk|шам |
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|шам}}, {{t|kk|май шам}} |
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* Ket: {{t|ket|dikkit}} |
* Ket: {{t|ket|dikkit}} |
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* Khmer: {{t+|km|ទៀន}} |
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ទៀន}} |
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* Korean: {{t+|ko|초}}, {{t+|ko|양초}} |
* Korean: {{t+|ko|초}}, {{t+|ko|양초}}, {{t|ko|납촉(蠟燭)}}, {{t|ko|랍촉(蠟燭)}} {{qualifier|North Korea}} |
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* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|шам |
* Kyrgyz: {{t+|ky|шам}} |
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* Ladin: {{t-needed|lld}} |
* Ladin: {{t-needed|lld}} |
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* Lao: {{t+|lo|ທຽນ}} |
* Lao: {{t+|lo|ທຽນ}} |
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* Maithili: {{t-needed|mai}} |
* Maithili: {{t-needed|mai}} |
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* Malagasy: {{t+|mg|labozia}} |
* Malagasy: {{t+|mg|labozia}} |
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* Malay: {{t|ms|lilin}} |
* Malay: {{t+|ms|lilin}} |
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* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|മെഴുകുതിരി}} |
* Malayalam: {{t+|ml|മെഴുകുതിരി}} |
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* Maltese: {{t|mt|xemgħa|f}} |
* Maltese: {{t|mt|xemgħa|f}} |
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* Minangkabau: {{t|min|lilin}} |
* Minangkabau: {{t|min|lilin}} |
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* Moksha: {{t|mdf|штатол}} |
* Moksha: {{t|mdf|штатол}} |
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* Mongolian: |
* Mongolian: |
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*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|лаа}} |
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*: Mongolian: {{t|mn|ᠯᠠ}} |
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* Nanai: {{t|gld|ла}} |
* Nanai: {{t|gld|ла}} |
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* Navajo: {{t|nv|akʼah diltłiʼí}}, {{t|nv|akʼahkǫʼ níyizígíí}} |
* Navajo: {{t|nv|akʼah diltłiʼí}}, {{t|nv|akʼahkǫʼ níyizígíí}} |
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* Neapolitan: {{t|nap|ceroggeno|m}} |
* Neapolitan: {{t|nap|ceroggeno|m}} |
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* Nihali: {{t|nll|मुम्बत्ति}} |
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* Norman: {{t|nrf|caundèle}} |
* Norman: {{t|nrf|caundèle}} |
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* Northern Khmer: {{t-needed|kxm}} |
* Northern Khmer: {{t-needed|kxm}} |
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* Odia: {{t+|or|ବତି}} |
* Odia: {{t+|or|ବତି}} |
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* Old Church Slavonic: |
* Old Church Slavonic: |
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*: Cyrillic: {{t|cu|свѣшта|f |
*: Cyrillic: {{t|cu|свѣшта|f}} |
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* Old East Slavic: {{t|orv|свѣча|f |
* Old East Slavic: {{t|orv|свѣча|f}} |
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* Old English: {{t|ang|candel|f}} |
* Old English: {{t|ang|candel|f}} |
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* Oromo: {{t|om|dungoo}} |
* Oromo: {{t|om|dungoo}} |
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* Ossetian: {{t|os|цырагъ |
* Ossetian: {{t|os|цырагъ}} |
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* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|موم|tr=mum}}, {{t|ota|شمع|tr=şemʿ}} |
* Ottoman Turkish: {{t|ota|موم|tr=mum}}, {{t|ota|شمع|tr=şemʿ}} |
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* Pashto: {{t|ps|شمعه|f|tr= |
* Pashto: {{t|ps|شمعه|f|tr=šam'a}} |
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* Persian: |
* Persian: |
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*: Dari: {{t+|prs|شَمْع}} |
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*: Iranian Persian: {{t+|fa-ira|شَمْع}} |
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* Piedmontese: {{t|pms|candèila|f}} |
* Piedmontese: {{t|pms|candèila|f}} |
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* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Taulchlicht|n}} |
* Plautdietsch: {{t|pdt|Taulchlicht|n}} |
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* Polish: {{t+|pl|świeca|f}}, {{t+|pl|świeczka|f}}, {{t+|pl|gromnica|f}} {{qualifier|blessed candle}} |
* Polish: {{t+|pl|świeca|f}}, {{t+|pl|świeczka|f}}, {{t+|pl|gromnica|f}} {{qualifier|blessed candle}} |
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* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|vela|f}} |
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|vela|f}} |
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* Punjabi: {{t|pa|ਮੋਮਬੱਤੀ}} |
* Punjabi: |
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*: Gurmukhi: {{t|pa|ਮੋਮਬੱਤੀ}} |
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* Quechua: {{t|qu|wila}} |
* Quechua: {{t|qu|wila}} |
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* Rakhine: {{t-needed|rki}} |
* Rakhine: {{t-needed|rki}} |
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* Sanskrit: {{t|sa|मधुजवर्ती}} |
* Sanskrit: {{t|sa|मधुजवर्ती}} |
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* Serbo-Croatian: |
* Serbo-Croatian: |
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*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh| |
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|све́ћа|f}}, {{t|sh|свије́ћа|f}}, {{t|sh|лоја̀ница|f}} {{qualifier|tallow candle}}, {{t|sh|вошта̀ница|f}} {{qualifier|wax candle}} |
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*: Roman: {{t|sh| |
*: Roman: {{t|sh|svéća|f}}, {{t|sh|svijéća|f}}, {{t+|sh|lojànica|f}} {{qualifier|tallow candle}}, {{t+|sh|voštànica|f}} {{qualifier|wax candle}} |
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* Sinhalese: {{t|si|ඉටිපන්දම |
* Sinhalese: {{t|si|ඉටිපන්දම}}, {{t|si|විලක්කුව}}, {{t|si|ඉටිපන්දම}} |
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* Slovak: {{t|sk|svieca|f}}, {{t|sk|sviečka|f}} |
* Slovak: {{t|sk|svieca|f}}, {{t|sk|sviečka|f}} |
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* Slovene: {{t+|sl|sveča|f}} |
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|sveča|f}} |
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*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|swěcka|f}} |
*: Lower Sorbian: {{t|dsb|swěcka|f}} |
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*: Upper Sorbian: {{t+|hsb|swěčka|f}} |
*: Upper Sorbian: {{t+|hsb|swěčka|f}} |
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* Spanish: {{t+|es|vela|f}}, {{t+|es|candela|f}}, {{t+|es|cirio|m}} {{qualifier|long|thick}}, {{t+|es|espelma|f}} {{qualifier|Latin America}}, {{t+|es|veladora|f}} {{qualifier|Mesoamerica}}, {{t+|es|blandón|m}} {{qualifier|thick}}, {{t|es|cerilla|f}} {{qualifier|thin|long}}, {{t|es|cerillo|m}} {{qualifier|thin|long}}, {{t|es|hachón|m}} {{qualifier|large|thick}}, {{t|es|hachote|m}} {{qualifier|short|thick}}, {{t+|es|velón|m}} {{qualifier|large}} |
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* Spanish: {{t+|es|vela|f}}, {{t+|es|candela|f}}, {{t+|es|cirio|m}} |
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* Sranan Tongo: {{t|srn|kandra}} |
* Sranan Tongo: {{t|srn|kandra}} |
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* Swahili: {{t+|sw|mshumaa|c3}} |
* Swahili: {{t+|sw|mshumaa|c3}} |
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* Tabasaran: {{t|tab|шам}} |
* Tabasaran: {{t|tab|шам}} |
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* Tagalog: {{t|tl|kandila}}, {{t|tl|sasang}} |
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|kandila}}, {{t|tl|sasang}} |
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* Tajik: {{t+|tg|шамъ |
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|шамъ}} |
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* Tamil: {{t+|ta|மெழுகுவர்த்தி |
* Tamil: {{t+|ta|மெழுகுவர்த்தி}}, {{t+|ta|மெழுகுதிரி}} |
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* Tatar: {{t+|tt|шәм |
* Tatar: {{t+|tt|шәм}} |
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* Tausug: {{t|tsg|lansuk}} |
* Tausug: {{t|tsg|lansuk}} |
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* Telugu: {{t+|te|కొవ్వొత్తి |
* Telugu: {{t+|te|కొవ్వొత్తి}} |
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* Thai: {{t+|th|เทียน}} |
* Thai: {{t+|th|เทียน}} |
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* Tibetan: {{t|bo|ཡང་ལཱ}}, {{t|bo|ཚིལ་བཞུ}} |
* Tibetan: {{t|bo|ཡང་ལཱ}}, {{t|bo|ཚིལ་བཞུ}} |
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* Tigrinya: {{t|ti|ሽምዓ}} |
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* Tongan: {{t|to|teʻelango}} |
* Tongan: {{t|to|teʻelango}} |
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* Turkish: {{t+|tr|mum}} |
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|mum}} |
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* Turkmen: {{t+|tk|şem}} |
* Turkmen: {{t+|tk|şem}} |
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* Ukrainian: {{t+|uk|сві́чка|f |
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Latest revision as of 06:53, 26 October 2024
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English candel, from Old English candel (“candle”), borrowed from Latin candēla (“candle”), from Latin candeō (“be white, bright, shining”, verb); see candid. Doublet of candela and chandelle.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkændəl/, /ˈkændl̩/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ændəl
Noun
[edit]candle (plural candles)
- A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
- light a candle
- blow out the candles on the birthday cake
- snuff out the candle
- The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter.
- (obsolete) A unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela.
- (forestry) A fast-growing, light-colored, upward-growing shoot on a pine tree in the spring. As growth slows in summer, the shoot darkens and is no longer conspicuous.
Derived terms
[edit]- Advent candle
- better to light a candle than to curse the darkness
- better to light a single candle than to curse the darkness
- better to light one candle than to curse the darkness
- better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness
- burn one's candle at both ends
- burn the candle at both ends
- bush candle
- candle auction
- candlebark (Eucalyptus rubida)
- candleberry (Myrica spp,)
- candlebomb
- candle bush
- candle chart
- candle coal
- candle dance
- candle-end
- candlefish
- candleflame
- candleglow
- candle holder
- candleholder
- candle in the wind
- candleless
- candlelight
- candle-light
- candle light
- candlelighted
- candlelighter
- candlelighting
- candlelight vigil
- candlelike
- candlelit
- candle magick
- candlemaker
- candlemaking
- Candlemas
- candlenut (Aleurites spp.)
- candlepin
- candlepower
- candle power
- candler
- candle salad
- candle-shade
- candleshine
- candle snuffer
- candlestand
- candlestick
- candlestub
- candle-stub
- candle tree
- candle-waster
- candlewaster
- candle-wasting
- candle wax
- candlewax
- candle-wick
- candlewick
- candlewood (Fouquieria splendens)
- candleworks
- candlewright
- composite candle
- corpse candle
- cube candle
- death candle
- decimal candle
- desert candle
- devil's candle
- dip candle
- dipped candle
- ear candle
- Easter candle
- electric candle
- fetch candle
- foot candle
- foot-candle
- grave candle
- Hefner candle
- hold a candle
- hold a candle for
- ice candle
- international candle
- mineral candle
- new candle
- not worth the candle
- Our Lord's candle
- oxygen candle
- paschal candle
- pillar candle
- Roman candle
- rush candle
- sell by the candle
- standard candle
- sulfur candle
- sulphur candle
- taper candle
- tea candle
- the candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long
- the game is not worth the candle
- time candle
- votive candle
- wax-candle
- Yablochkov candle
- yahrzeit candle
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Translations
[edit]a light source
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Verb
[edit]candle (third-person singular simple present candles, present participle candling, simple past and past participle candled)
- (embryology, transitive) To observe the growth of an embryo inside (an egg), using a bright light source.
- (pottery, transitive) To dry (greenware) prior to the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware.
- (transitive) To check (an item, such as an envelope) by holding it between a light source and the eye.
Further reading
[edit]- “candle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “candle”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Anagrams
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)kand-
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Latin
- English doublets
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ændəl
- Rhymes:English/ændəl/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with collocations
- English terms with obsolete senses
- en:Forestry
- English verbs
- en:Embryology
- English transitive verbs
- en:Ceramics
- en:Light sources
- en:Fire