candela
English edit
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- (abbreviation) cd
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin candēla (“candle”). Doublet of candle and chandelle.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /kænˈdɛlə/, /kænˈdiːlə/, /ˈkændɪlə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (Southern England) (file) Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /kænˈdiːlə/, /kænˈdɛlə/
- Rhymes: -ɛlə, -iːlə, -ændɪlə
- Hyphenation: can‧de‧la
Noun edit
candela (plural candelas or (rare) candelae)
- 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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- canela (archaic or Valencian)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin candela, with Ecclesiastical Latin influence. Doublet of the older inherited form canela.[1]
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candela f (plural candeles)
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References edit
- ^ “candela”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
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- “candela” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “candela” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “candela” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Chavacano edit
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From Spanish candela, from Latin candela.
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candela
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin candela (“candle”).
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candela f (plural candela's)
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin candēla. Doublet of chandelle.
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candela f (plural candelas)
- candela (SI unit of luminous intensity)
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Etymology edit
From Latin candēla, derived from candeō (“to shine, glow”).
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candela f (plural candele)
- candle
- Ellipsis of candela di accensione (“spark plug”).
- candela (SI unit of luminous intensity)
- (slang) snot
- chandelle (aerobatic maneuver)
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- candela in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From candeō (“shine, glitter; glow”) + -ēla.
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- (Classical) IPA(key): /kanˈdeː.la/, [kän̪ˈd̪eːɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kanˈde.la/, [kän̪ˈd̪ɛːlä]
Noun edit
candēla f (genitive candēlae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | candēla | candēlae |
Genitive | candēlae | candēlārum |
Dative | candēlae | candēlīs |
Accusative | candēlam | candēlās |
Ablative | candēlā | candēlīs |
Vocative | candēla | candēlae |
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- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- Old French: chandoile, chandele, chandeile
- Middle French: chandelle, chandaille, chandeille, chandoille
- Gallo: chandelle
- Norman: candelle
- Picard: candelle
- Walloon: tchandèle
- Old French: chandoile, chandele, chandeile
- Southern Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- → Albanian: *këndell(i)
- Albanian: këndell
- → Ancient Greek: κανδήλη (kandḗlē) (see there for further descendants)
- → Basque: kandela
- → Proto-Brythonic: *kantuɨll (see there for further descendants)
- → Catalan: candela
- → Proto-Norse: *ᚲᚢᚾᛞᛁᛚᚨ (*kundila)
- → Old English: candel (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Irish: caindel (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- “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
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candela
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin candela (cf. English candela). Doublet of the inherited candeia.
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- Hyphenation: can‧de‧la
Noun edit
candela f (plural candelas)
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin candēla. Doublet of candil.
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Noun edit
candela f (plural candelas)
- candle
- Synonym: vela
- (physics) candela (physical unit)
- combustible
- Synonym: lumbre
- (especially Cuba, Venezuela) fire, light
- 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
- soapwood (Dodonaea viscosa)
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- → Cebuano: kandila
- → Limos Kalinga: kandela
- → Masbatenyo: kandila
- → Papiamentu: kandela
- → Tagalog: kandila
Further reading edit
- “candela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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candela c