candela
English
Alternative forms
- (abbreviation) cd
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin candēla (“candle”). Doublet of candle.
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛlə, -iːlə, -ændɪlə
- Hyphenation: can‧de‧la
Noun
candela (plural candelas)
- In the International System of Units, the base unit of luminous intensity; the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 1012 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian. Symbol: cd
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Translations
unit of luminous intensity
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Further reading
Anagrams
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed (in this form) from Latin candela, with Ecclesiastical Latin influence. Compare the older inherited form canela[1].
Noun
candela f (plural candeles)
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References
Further reading
- “candela” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin candela (“candle”).
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: can‧de‧la
Noun
candela m or f (plural candela's)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin candēla. Doublet of chandelle.
Pronunciation
Noun
candela f (plural candelas)
- candela (SI unit of luminous intensity)
Italian
Etymology
Noun
candela f (plural candele)
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Latin
Etymology
From candeō (“shine, glitter; glow”) + -ēla.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kanˈdeː.la/, [kän̪ˈd̪eːɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kanˈde.la/, [kän̪ˈd̪ɛːlä]
Noun
candēla f (genitive candēlae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | candēla | candēlae |
Genitive | candēlae | candēlārum |
Dative | candēlae | candēlīs |
Accusative | candēlam | candēlās |
Ablative | candēlā | candēlīs |
Vocative | candēla | candēlae |
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Descendants
- Gallo-Italic
- Lombard: candéla
- Italo-Dalmatian
- Old French: chandoile, chandele, chandeile
- Old Occitan: candela
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Venetian: candéła
- West Iberian
- → Albanian: këndell
- → Ancient Greek: κανδήλη (kandḗlē)
- Ancient Greek: κανδήλη (kandḗlē), κανδήλα (kandḗla), κανδῆλα (kandêla), κανδέλα (kandéla), καντῆλα (kantêla), καντήλα (kantḗla)
- → Classical Syriac: ܩܢܕܝܠܐ, ܩܢܕܠܐ (qandēlāʾ)
- → Georgian: კანდელი (ḳandeli)
- → Old Armenian: կանթեղ (kantʻeł), կանթեղն (kantʻełn) — post-Classical
- Armenian: կանթեղ (kantʻeġ), կանթեղ (kantʻeġ) — Vozm, New Julfa, Salmas, Van, կանթէղ (kantʻēġ) — Agulis, Akhaltsikhe, Ararat, Moks, Shamakhi, գանթեղ (gantʻeġ) — Haçin, Suceava, գանթէղ (gantʻēġ) — Nor Nakhichevan, Sivas, գանթէ՛ղ (gantʻḗġ) — Aslanbeg, կա՛նթիղ (kántʻiġ) — Tbilisi, կանտեղ (kanteġ) — Alashkert, Mush
- → Udi: կանթեղ (kantʻeġ, “church lamp”)
- Armenian: կանթեղ (kantʻeġ), կանթեղ (kantʻeġ) — Vozm, New Julfa, Salmas, Van, կանթէղ (kantʻēġ) — Agulis, Akhaltsikhe, Ararat, Moks, Shamakhi, գանթեղ (gantʻeġ) — Haçin, Suceava, գանթէղ (gantʻēġ) — Nor Nakhichevan, Sivas, գանթէ՛ղ (gantʻḗġ) — Aslanbeg, կա՛նթիղ (kántʻiġ) — Tbilisi, կանտեղ (kanteġ) — Alashkert, Mush
- → Old East Slavic: кандило (kandilo)
- → Old Church Slavonic: канъдило (kanŭdilo)
- → Basque: kandela
- → Proto-Brythonic:
- → Catalan: candela
- → Middle Welsh: canhwyll
- Welsh: cannwyll
- → Proto-Norse: [script needed] (*kundila)
- → Old English: candel (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Irish: caindel (see there for further descendants)
References
- “candela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “candela”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- candela in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- candela in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “candela”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “candela”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կանթեղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 514
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin candela (cf. English candela). Doublet of the inherited candeia.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: can‧de‧la
Noun
candela f (plural candelas)
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Spanish
Etymology
From Latin candēla. Doublet of candil.
Noun
candela f (plural candelas)
Synonyms
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Descendants
- → Cebuano: kandila
- → Limos Kalinga: kandela
- → Masbatenyo: kandila
- → Papiamentu: kandela
- → Tagalog: kandila
Swedish
Noun
candela c
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