Candle

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Related terms 1.3.2 Translations

English

Etymology

Latin candela.

Noun

Candle (plural Candles)

1. A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
2. An old unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela.
3. In forestry, a fast growing, light colored, upward-growing shoot on a pine tree in the spring. As growth slows in summer, the shoot darkens and is no longer highlighted to one's view.

Verb

1. (embryology), a method of observing the growth of an embryo inside an egg, using a bright light source.

Related terms

• candelabra
• candlepower
• candlestick

Translations

Amharic: ቫማ Arabic: لشمعة (šamʕa) Chinese: 蜡烛 (là.zhú) Dutch: kaars f. Finnish: kynttilä French: bougie f. German: Kerze f. Hausa: kyándìr̃ Icelandic: kerti n. Ido: bujio Italian: candela f.

Japanese: 蝋燭 (ろうそく) (rousoku) Korean: 초 (cho) Maltese: xemgħa Polish: świeca f., świeczka f. Portuguese: vela f. Russian: свеча (svečá) f. Somali: shumac Spanish: vela f., candela f., cirio m. Swahili: mshumaa, mishumaa pl (noun 3/4) Swedish: ljus n.

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