chandelle
English edit
Etymology edit
From French chandelle (“chandelle”). Doublet of candela and candle.
Noun edit
chandelle (plural chandelles)
- An aerobatic maneuver in which a 180° turn is combined with a climb.
- 1998, Michael Charles Love, Flight Maneuvers, page 190:
- The FAA terms a chandelle as a maximum fight performance maneuver. During the course of a chandelle the plane should gain the greatest amount of altitude possible for a given degree of bank, and without stalling.
Verb edit
chandelle (third-person singular simple present chandelles, present participle chandelling, simple past and past participle chandelled)
- To perform an aerobatic maneuver in which a 180° turn is combined with a climb.
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French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French chandele, chandeile, chandoile, from Latin candēla (with a change of suffix to -elle, from Latin -ella). Doublet of candela.
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Noun edit
chandelle f (plural chandelles)
- a (tallow) candle
- (Canada) any candle
- candlelight
- (figurative) enlightenment
- a jack stand
- a chandelle
Usage notes edit
In Europe, common modern wax candles are usually referred to as bougie, with chandelle being less common except in idioms. In Canada, chandelle and bougie are both commonly used.
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Further reading edit
- “chandelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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chandelle f
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Etymology edit
From Old French chandoile, from Latin candēla.
Noun edit
chandelle f (plural chandelles)
Descendants edit
References edit
- chandelle on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French chandelle, from Latin candēla. Displaced the native cognate candelle.
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chandelle f (plural chandelles)
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- changlyi (“candlestick”)
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