candlelight

See also: candle light and candle-light

English

Alternative forms

• candle light, (archaic) candle-light

Etymology

From Middle English candel lyght, candyllyght, candyll-lyȝht, candel liȝt, candle lyȝt, candeliȝt, candel-liht, from Old English candel lēoht (“candlelight”), equivalent to candle +‎ light.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæn.dl̩ˌlaɪt/

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Noun

candlelight (usually uncountable, plural candlelights)

1. The light emitted by a candle.

Derived terms

• candlelight dinner
• candlelight vigil

Translations

the light of a candle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 燭光／烛光 (zh) (zhúguāng)

• Classical Nahuatl: tlāhuīlli
• Dutch: kaarslicht (nl) n
• Finnish: kynttilänvalo (fi)
• German: Kerzenlicht (de) n, Kerzenschein (de) m
• Icelandic: kertaljós (is) n
• Indonesian: cahaya lilin
• Korean: 촛불 (ko) (chotbul)
• Plautdietsch: Taulchlicht n
• Russian: свет от свечи́ m (svet ot svečí)
• Swedish: ljussken (sv) n
• Turkish: mum ışığı
• Volapük: kandelalit (vo)

See also

• candlelit