candelabrum

English

A three-armed brass candelabrum

Etymology

From Latin candēlābrum (“candlestick”), from candēla (“candle”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /kændɪˈlɑːbɹəm/, /kændɪˈleɪbɹəm/

Noun

candelabrum (plural candelabra or candelabrums)

1. A candle holder.

Usage notes

• Candelabra is much more common as the plural of candelabrum than candelabrums.

Synonyms

• chandelier

Related terms

• candela
• candid
• candidate
• candle
• candlepower
• candlestick
• chandler
• chandlery

Translations

candle holder

• Bulgarian: свещник (bg) (sveštnik) m
• Catalan: canelobre (ca) m; candelobre (Algherese)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 燭臺 (cmn) or 燭台 (cmn), 烛台 (cmn) (zhútái), 分枝燭台 (cmn), 分枝烛台 (cmn) (fēn zhī zhútái)

• Dutch: kandelaar m, kaarshouder m
• Finnish: kynttilänjalka (fi)
• French: candélabre (fr) m
• German: Kandelaber (de) m
• Hungarian: kandeláber (hu)
• Italian: candelabro (it) m
• Japanese: 枝付き燭台 (ja) (eda-tsuki shokudai)

• Portuguese: candelabro (pt) m
• Russian: канделябр (ru) (kandeljábr, kandɛljábr) m
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese Sardinian: candelargiu

  Logudorese Sardinian: candelarzu, candelobre

• Sassarese Sardinian: canderabru
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: свећњак (sh) m / свијећњак (sh) m, воскарница (sh) f, воштарница (sh) f

  Roman: svećnjak (sh) m / svijećnjak (sh) m, voskarnica (sh) f, voštarnica (sh) f

• Spanish: candelabro (es) m
• Turkish: şamdan (tr), mumluk (tr)

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Latin

Alternative forms

• candēlāber
• candēlābrus

Etymology

From candēla (“candle, taper”).

Noun

candēlābrum (genitive candēlābrī); n, second declension

1. A branched candlestick; chandelier, candelabrum, lampstand.

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	candēlābrum	candēlābra
genitive	candēlābrī	candēlābrōrum
dative	candēlābrō	candēlābrīs
accusative	candēlābrum	candēlābra
ablative	candēlābrō	candēlābrīs
vocative	candēlābrum	candēlābra

Derived terms

• candēlābrārius

Related terms

candefaciō candēla candēns candentia

candeō candescō candicō

candidus candificō candor

Descendants

• Catalan: canelobre
• English: candelabrum, chandelier
• French: candélabre, chandelier
• Italian: candelabro
• Russian: канделя́бр (kandeljábr)