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

French

Etymology

Inherited 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

   dîner aux chandelles ― candlelight dinner, candlelit dinner

3. (figuratively) enlightenment
4. a jack stand
5. 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 chandelle
• 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.

Gallo

Etymology

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Noun

chandelle f

1. light

Middle French

Alternative forms

• chandaille, chandeille, chandoille

Etymology

From Old French chandoile, from Latin candēla.

Noun

chandelle f (plural chandelles)

1. candle
2. candlelight
3. (figuratively) enlightenment

Descendants

• French: chandelle
  • Haitian Creole: chandèl
  • → Norman: chandelle

References

• chandelle on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norman

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

chandelle f (plural chandelles)

1. (Jersey) candle

Derived terms

• changlyi (“candlestick”)