candelă

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See also: candela, candéla, and candéła

Romanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic канъдило (kanŭdilo) or Greek καντήλα (kantíla), κάνδηλα (kándila), from Latin candēla. Compare Bulgarian кандило (kandilo), Serbo-Croatian kàndilo, Aromanian cãndilã. Compare also Turkish kandil.

Noun[edit]

candelă f (plural candele)

  1. oil lamp
Declension[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from French candela.

Noun[edit]

candelă f (plural candele)

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