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candela

See also: Candela, candéla, candelă, and candéła

English

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  • (abbreviation) cd

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

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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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Asturian

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Etymology

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From Latin candela.

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  • IPA(key): /kanˈdela/ [kãn̪ˈd̪e.la]
  • Rhymes: -ela
  • Syllabification: can‧de‧la

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candela f (plural candeles)

  1. corn flower
  2. candlestick
  3. (uncommon) candle
    Synonyms: vela, mexana
  4. beating, bashing
    Synonyms: cuelma, carena, cuera, llueta, felpa

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  • “candela”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
  • Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “candela”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

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Etymology

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

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candela f (plural candeles)

  1. candle

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  1. ^ “candela”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

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Etymology

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Inherited from Spanish candela, from Latin candela.

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  • IPA(key): /kanˈdela/, [kãn̪ˈd̪e.la]
  • Hyphenation: can‧de‧la

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candela

  1. candle
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Dutch

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Borrowed from Latin candela (“candle”).

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

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candela f (plural candela's, no diminutive)

  1. candela

French

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    Borrowed from Latin candēla. Doublet of chandelle.

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    candela f (plural candelas)

    1. candela (SI unit of luminous intensity)

    Italian

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    Inherited from Latin candēla, derived from candeō (“to shine, glow”).

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    • IPA(key): /kanˈde.la/
    • Rhymes: -ela
    • Hyphenation: can‧dé‧la

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    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)

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

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    Latin

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    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

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

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      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.

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      First-declension noun.

      singular plural
      nominative candēla candēlae
      genitive candēlae candēlārum
      dative candēlae candēlīs
      accusative candēlam candēlās
      ablative candēlā candēlīs
      vocative candēla candēlae

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      • “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, 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, Hračʻeay (1973), “կանթեղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 514

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      candela

      1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of candel

      Portuguese

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      Etymology

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

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      • Hyphenation: can‧de‧la

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      candela f (plural candelas)

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

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      Etymology

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      Inherited from Latin candēla. Doublet of candil.

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      • IPA(key): /kanˈdela/ [kãn̪ˈd̪e.la]
      • Rhymes: -ela
      • Syllabification: can‧de‧la

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      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, “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
      5. soapwood (Dodonaea viscosa)
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      candela

      1. (Venezuela, colloquial) cool, awesome, good

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      candela c

      1. candela

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