candela

• (abbreviation) cd

Borrowed from Latin candēla (“candle”). Doublet of candle and chandelle.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kænˈdɛlə/, /kænˈdiːlə/, /ˈkændɪlə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /kænˈdiːlə/, /kænˈdɛlə/
• Rhymes: -ɛlə, -iːlə, -ændɪlə
• Hyphenation: can‧de‧la

candela (plural candelas or (rare) candelae)

1. 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

• candela on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• canaled, decanal

From Latin candela.

• IPA^(key): /kanˈdela/ [kãn̪ˈd̪e.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: can‧de‧la

candela f (plural candeles)

1. corn flower
2. candlestick
3. (uncommon) candle

   Synonyms: vela, mexana

4. beating, bashing

   Synonyms: cuelma, carena, cuera, llueta, felpa

• “candela”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “candela”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

• canela (archaic or Valencian)

Borrowed from Latin candela, with Ecclesiastical Latin influence. Doublet of the older inherited form canela.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kənˈdɛ.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kənˈdə.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kanˈdɛ.la]

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candela f (plural candeles)

1. candle

• candeler
• candelera
• candeleta

• candelilla
• canelobre

• “candela”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “candela” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “candela” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Spanish candela, from Latin candela.

candela

1. candle

• candelabra

Borrowed from Latin candela (“candle”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɑnˈdeː.laː/

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• Hyphenation: can‧de‧la

candela f (plural candela's, no diminutive)

1. candela

Borrowed from Latin candēla. Doublet of chandelle.

• IPA^(key): /kɑ̃.de.la/

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candela f (plural candelas)

1. candela (SI unit of luminous intensity)

• candelo (archaic)

Inherited from Latin candēla, derived from candeō (“to shine, glow”).

• IPA^(key): /kanˈde.la/
• Rhymes: -ela
• Hyphenation: can‧dé‧la

candela f (plural candele)

1. candle
2. ellipsis of candela di accensione (“spark plug”)
3. candela (SI unit of luminous intensity)
4. (slang) snot
5. chandelle (aerobatic maneuver)

• candelaggio
• candelaio
• candeliere

• candelabro

• candela in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• Calenda, caldane

From candeō (“shine, glitter; glow”) +‎ -ēla.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kanˈdeː.ɫa]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kanˈdɛː.la]

candēla f (genitive candēlae); first declension

1. A light made of wax or tallow; tallow candle or taper.
2. A fire.
3. A cord covered with wax.

First-declension noun.

• candēlābrum

• “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, 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑn.de.lɑ/

candela

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of candel

Borrowed from Latin candela (cf. English candela). Doublet of the inherited candeia.

• Hyphenation: can‧de‧la

candela f (plural candelas)

1. (physics) candela (unit of measurement of luminous intensity)

• candeia

• “candela”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “candela”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Inherited from Latin candēla. Doublet of candil.

• IPA^(key): /kanˈdela/ [kãn̪ˈd̪e.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Syllabification: can‧de‧la

candela f (plural candelas)

1. candle

   Synonym: vela

2. (physics) candela (physical unit)
3. combustible

   Synonym: lumbre

4. (especially Cuba, Venezuela) fire, light

   Synonyms: fuego, incendio

   • 1997, Luis Marquetti, Sergio González Siaba, “El Cuarto de Tula”, performed by Buena Vista Social Club:

     El cuarto de Tula, le cogió candela / Se quedó dormida y no apagó la vela

     Tula's room caught fire / She fell asleep and didn't put out the candle

5. soapwood (Dodonaea viscosa)

• → Central Bikol: kandila
• → Cebuano: kandila
• → Limos Kalinga: kandela
• → Masbatenyo: kandila
• → Papiamentu: kandela
• → Tagalog: kandila

• “candela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

candela c

1. candela

• candela in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• candela in Svensk ordbok (SO)