chandelle
English
Noun
chandelle (plural chandelles)
Verb
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.
French
Etymology
From Old French chandele, chandeile, chandoile, from Latin candēla (with a change of suffix to -elle, from Latin -ella).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃.dɛl/
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Noun
chandelle f (plural chandelles)
- a (tallow) candle
- candlelight
- aux chandelles - by candlelight or candlelit
- a jack stand
- a chandelle
Derived terms
Derived terms
- brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts
- devoir une belle chandelle à Dieu
- devoir une belle chandelle à la Vierge
- devoir une fière chandelle à quelqu'un
- économies de bouts de chandelles
- le jeu n'en vaut pas la chandelle
- tenir la chandelle
Related terms
Further reading
- “chandelle” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Gallo
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French chandelle, from Latin candela. Displaced the native cognate candelle.
Pronunciation
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Derived terms
- changlyi (“candlestick”)
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