candeeiro

Attested since the 13th century: candea +‎ -eiro. Compare Portuguese candeeiro and Spanish candelero.

• IPA^(key): /kandeˈejɾo̝̝/, /kandiˈejɾo̝/

candeeiro m (plural candeeiros)

1. candle holder, candlestick
2. (figuratively) leg

• candea
• candelabro
• Candeloria
• Candieira
• Candieiras
• candil

• “candeeiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “candeeyro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “candeeiro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “candeeiro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “candeeiro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Candeia (“oil lamp”) +‎ -eiro, from Old Portuguese candea (“candle”), from Latin candēla. Or possibly from a Vulgar Latin *candelārius.[1]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.d͡ʒi.ˈe(j).ɾu/, /kɐ̃.ˈd͡ʒje(j).ɾu/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.ˈdjɐj.ɾu/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃.d͡ʒi.ˈe(j).ɾo/, /kɐ̃.ˈd͡ʒje(j).ɾo/
• Hyphenation: can‧de‧ei‧ro

candeeiro m (plural candeeiros)

1. sconce, lamp, torch
2. oil lamp (lamp using oil as fuel)
3. (Portugal) street lamp (large outdoor light used to illuminate a public area)

• (oil lamp): lampião

• candeeirinho, candeeirozinho (diminutives)

• candeia
• candela
• candelabro
• candelária
• candeliça

• lâmpada