candelă

See also: candela, candéla, and candéła

Romanian

Alternative forms

• candilă — archaic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic канъдило (kanŭdilo) or Greek καντήλα (kantíla), κάνδηλα (kándila), from Latin candēla. Compare Bulgarian кандило (kandilo), Serbo-Croatian kàndilo, Aromanian cãndilã. Compare also Turkish kandil.

Noun

candelă f (plural candele)

1. oil lamp

Declension

Declension of candelă

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) candelă	candela	(niște) candele	candelele
genitive/dative	(unei) candele	candelei	(unor) candele	candelelor
vocative	candelă, candelo		candelelor

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French candela.

Noun

candelă f (plural candele)

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