menorah

English

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A Hanukkah menorah.

Etymology

From Hebrew מנורה (m'norá). From the same Semitic root as minaret.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɪˈnɔːɹə/
• Rhymes: -ɔːrə

Noun

menorah (plural menoroth or menorahs)

1. (Judaism) A holy candelabrum with seven branches used in the Temple of Jerusalem.
   • 1985, Anthony Burgess, The Kingdom of the Wicked:

     ‘Heathen muck,’ Liberalis said, as the pillaging began. The veil of the Temple was rent. The great menorah was taken away.

2. (Judaism) A candelabrum with nine branches used in Jewish worship on Hanukkah.

Synonyms

• (candelabrum with nine branches): hanukkiah

Translations

candelabrum

Bosnian: menora (bs) f. Croatian: menora (hr) f. Dutch: menora (nl) Finnish: menora (fi) German: Menora Hebrew: מנורה (he) (m'norá) f. Hungarian: menóra (hu) Italian: menorah (it) Japanese: メノーラー Korean: 메노라 Ladino: menora f.

Lithuanian: menora (lt) Polish: menora (pl) Portuguese: menorá Russian: менора (ru) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: менора f. Roman: menora f. Spanish: menora, menorá Swedish: menora (sv) Turkish: menora (tr) Yiddish: מנורה (yi) (m'nóyre) f.