candela

English

Alternative forms

  • (abbreviation) cd

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

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Catalan

Etymology

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

Noun

candela f (plural candeles)

  1. candle

References

Further reading


Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin candela (candle).

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: can‧de‧la

Noun

candela m or f (plural candela's)

  1. candela

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin candēla. Doublet of chandelle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɑ̃.de.la/
  • (file)

Noun

candela f (plural candelas)

  1. candela (SI unit of luminous intensity)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin candela.

Noun

candela f (plural candele)

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

Anagrams


Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative candēla candēlae
Genitive candēlae candēlārum
Dative candēlae candēlīs
Accusative candēlam candēlās
Ablative candēlā candēlīs
Vocative candēla candēlae

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • 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

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: can‧de‧la

Noun

candela f (plural candelas)

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin candēla.

Noun

candela f (plural candelas)

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

Synonyms


Swedish

Noun

candela c

  1. candela
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