candela

• (abbreviation) cd

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kænˈdɛlə/, /kænˈdiːlə/, /ˈkændɪlə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kænˈdēlə/, /kænˈdelə/
• Rhymes: -ɛlə, -iːlə, -ændɪlə
• Hyphenation: can‧de‧la

candela (plural candelas)

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

• candelabrum
• candid
• candidate
• candle
• candlepower
• candlestick
• chandler
• chandlery

• candela on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• canaled, decanal

Borrowed (in this form) from Latin candela, with Ecclesiastical Latin influence. Compare the older inherited form canela[1].

candela f (plural candeles)

1. candle

• canelobre

• “candela” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Borrowed from Latin candela (“candle”).

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• Hyphenation: can‧de‧la

candela m or f (plural candela's)

1. candela

Borrowed from Latin candēla. Doublet of chandelle.

• IPA^(key): /kɑ̃.de.la/

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candela f (plural candelas)

1. candela (SI unit of luminous intensity)

From Latin candela.

candela f (plural candele)

1. candle
2. spark plug
3. candela
4. (slang) snot
5. chandelle (aerobatic maneuver)

• candelabro
• candelaio

• caldane

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kanˈdeː.la/, [kanˈdeː.ɫa]

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.

First declension.

• candēlābrum

• 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, 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 [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 514

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

• Hyphenation: can‧de‧la

candela f (plural candelas)

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

• candeia

From Latin candēla.

candela f (plural candelas)

1. candle
2. (phsics) candela (physical unit)
3. combustible
4. fire, light

• (candle): vela
• (combustible): lumbre
• (fire): fuego, incendio

• candelabro
• candelero
• echar candela
• ser candela

candela c

1. candela