candeia

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kend-der.

Proto-Italic *kandēō

Latin candeō

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-léh₂

Proto-Italic *-ēlā

Latin -ēla

Latin candēla

Old Galician-Portuguese candea

Portuguese candeia

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese candea (“candle”), from Latin candēla (“candle”). Doublet of the borrowed candela.

Cognate with Galician candea, Spanish, Catalan, and Italian candela, French chandelle and English candle.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈdej.ɐ/ [kɐ̃ˈdeɪ̯.ɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈdej.ɐ/ [kɐ̃ˈdeɪ̯.ɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈdej.a/ [kɐ̃ˈdeɪ̯.a]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈdɐj.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈdɐj.ɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈdej.ɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈdej.ɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈde.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -ejɐ, -ɐjɐ
• Hyphenation: can‧dei‧a

Noun

candeia f (plural candeias)

2. (archaic) candle (light source with a wick embedded in wax)

   Synonym: vela

4. lamp; oil lamp (light source with a wick and an oil container)

   Synonyms: candeeiro, lampião

6. any of several shrubs characterised by resinous, medicinal and tannin-rich bark

Related terms

• candeeiro
• candeia que vai à frente alumia duas vezes
• Candeias
• candela
• candelabro
• candil
• encandear

Descendants

• Angolar: kandja
• Guinea-Bissau Creole: kandia
• Indo-Portuguese: candia
• Kabuverdianu: kandiâ
• Macanese: candia
• Principense: kandya
• Sãotomense: kandja
• → Língua Geral Amazônica: kandea, kanea
  • Nheengatu: kandéa

Further reading

• “candeia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026