candelabrum en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /kændɪˈleɪbɹəm/
- /ˌkæn.dl̩ˈɑ.bɹəm/ (General-American)
- /ˌkæn.dl̩ˈæ.bɹəm/ (General-American)
- /kændɪˈlɑːbɹəm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin candēlābrum (“candlestick”), from candēla. Doublet of chandelier. Displaced native Old English candeltrēow (literally “candle tree”).
Meanings
-
A candle holder with branches to hold more than one candle.
Cyby followed us holding up his candelabrum—I suppose more for his benefit than mine, but it permitted me to see well enough to keep from colliding with the dark oak shelves we passed.
1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter 6, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 58:The chair she sat in, like a burnished throne, / Glowed on the marble, where the glass […] Doubled the flames of sevenbranched candelabra / Reflecting light upon the table as / The glitter of her jewels rose to meet it, […]
1922 October, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “Part II. A Game of Chess.”, in The Waste Land, 1st book edition, New York, N.Y.: Boni and Liveright, published December 1922, →OCLC, page 17:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| candelabrums | Number=Plur | rare | lexicographic |
| candelabra | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Relateds
chandlery · chandelier · candle · chandler · candela · candidate · candid
Translations (75)
de Kerzenständer (candle holder) · cs svícen (candle holder) · ar فُنْيَار (candle holder) · uk канделя́бр (candle holder) · fi kynttilänjalka (candle holder) · la candēlābrum (candle holder) · ang candeltrēow (candle holder) · hy ճյուղավոր աշտանակ (candle holder) · ar قِنْدِيل (candle holder) · is kertastjaki (candle holder) · da kandelaber (candle holder) · sh све̑ћња̄к (candle holder) · pt candelabro (candle holder) · lv svečturis (candle holder) · es candelabro (candle holder) · fi kynttelikkö (candle holder) · bg кандела́бър (candle holder) · sh vòskārnica (candle holder) · hu kandeláber (candle holder) · sh свије̑ћња̄к (candle holder) · pl kandelabr (candle holder) · ja 枝付き燭台 (candle holder) · fa شَمعدان (candle holder) · lt žvakidė (candle holder) · hy ճյուղավոր մոմակալ (candle holder) · tr mumluk (candle holder) · cmn 燭臺 /燭台 /烛台 (candle holder) · sh svȇćnjāk (candle holder) · ar شَمْعَدَان (candle holder) · eo kandelabro (candle holder) · el κηροπήγιο (candle holder) · es tenebrario (candle holder) · id kandelar (candle holder) · sh во̀ска̄рница (candle holder) · ru канделя́бр (candle holder) · sl svečnik (candle holder) · nl kaarsenstandaard (candle holder) · be кандэля́бр (candle holder) · bg све́щник (candle holder) · ka შანდალი (candle holder) · it candelabro (candle holder) · ko 촛대 (candle holder) · ro candelabru (candle holder) · et kandelaaber (candle holder) · eo kandelingo (candle holder) · nl kandelaar (candle holder) · tg шамъдон (candle holder) · nl kaarshouder (candle holder) · sc candelargiu (candle holder) · sdc canderabru (candle holder) · sq shandan (candle holder) · io kandelabro (candle holder) · az şamdan (candle holder) · sv kandelaber (candle holder) · rsk швичнїк (candle holder) · ca canelobre (candle holder) · tr şamdan (candle holder) · sc candelobre (candle holder) · de Armleuchter (candle holder) · ar مُشَعَّب (candle holder) · ca candelobre (candle holder) · fi haarakynttelikkö (candle holder) · ga coinnleoir craobhach (candle holder) · uga 𐎎𐎐𐎗𐎚 (candle holder) · sh vòštārnica (candle holder) · sc candelarzu (candle holder) · cmn 分枝燭臺 /分枝燭台 /分枝烛台 (candle holder) · el μανουάλι (candle holder) · fr candélabre (candle holder) · sh svijȇćnjāk (candle holder) · de Kandelaber (candle holder) · sh во̀шта̄рница (candle holder) · mk свеќник (candle holder) · nb kandelaber (candle holder) · sk svietnik (candle holder)