chandelle

English

Etymology

From French chandelle (“chandelle”). Doublet of candela and candle.

Noun

chandelle (plural chandelles)

1. An aerobatic maneuver in which a 180° turn is combined with a climb.
   • 1998, Michael Charles Love, Flight Maneuvers, page 190:

     The FAA terms a chandelle as a maximum fight performance maneuver. During the course of a chandelle the plane should gain the greatest amount of altitude possible for a given degree of bank, and without stalling.

Verb

chandelle (third-person singular simple present chandelles, present participle chandelling, simple past and past participle chandelled)

1. To perform an aerobatic maneuver in which a 180° turn is combined with a climb.

Anagrams

• land-leech

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French

Etymology

From Old French chandele, chandeile, chandoile, from Latin candēla (with a change of suffix to -elle, from Latin -ella). Doublet of candela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑ̃.dɛl/

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Noun

chandelle f (plural chandelles)

1. a (tallow) candle
2. candlelight

   aux chandelles ― by candlelight or candlelit

3. a jack stand
4. a chandelle

Derived terms

Derived terms

• brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts
• devoir une belle chandelle à Dieu
• devoir une belle chandelle à la Vierge
• devoir une fière chandelle
• dîner aux chandelles

• économies de bouts de chandelles
• le jeu n’en vaut pas la chandelle
• tenir la chandelle
• voir trente-six chandelles

Related terms

• chandelier

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: chandèl
• → Norman: chandelle

Further reading

• “chandelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Gallo

Etymology

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Noun

chandelle f

1. light

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from French chandelle, from Latin candela. Displaced the native cognate candelle.

Pronunciation

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Noun

chandelle f (plural chandelles)

1. (Jersey) candle

Derived terms

• changlyi (“candlestick”)