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. (Canada) any candle
3. candlelight

   dîner aux chandelles ― candlelight dinner, candlelit dinner

4. (figurative) enlightenment
5. a jack stand
6. a chandelle

Usage notes

In Europe, common modern wax candles are usually referred to as bougie, with chandelle being less common except in idioms. In Canada, chandelle and bougie are both commonly used.

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. (figurative) 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”)