candle

Definitions

1. A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
2. The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter.
3. To examine (an egg) for freshness or fertility by holding it before a bright light.
4. A unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela.
   obsolete
5. a moulded piece of wax with a wick in the centre, for giving light. We had to use candles when the electric lights went out. kers شَمْعَه свещ vela svíčka die Kerze (stearin-)lys κερίvela küünal شمع kynttilä bougieנר मोमबत्ती svijeća gyertya lilin kerti candela ろうそく 양초 žvakė svece lilin kaarsstearinlys, lysświeca شمع vela lumânare свеча sviečka sveča sveća stearinljus เทียน mum 蠟燭 свічка موم بتی ، قندیل ، شمع cây nến 蜡烛
6. A fast-growing, light-colored, upward-growing shoot on a pine tree in the spring. As growth slows in summer, the shoot darkens and is no longer conspicuous.
7. the light from a candle. We had dinner by candle-light. kerslig ضوء، شَمْعَه светлина на свещ luz de velas světlo svíčky das Kerzenlicht levende lys φως κεριών luz de vela küünlavalgus نور شمع kynttilänvalo lumière dechandelle אוֹר נֵרוֹת मोमबत्ती की रोशनी svjetlo svijeće gyertyafény cahaya lilin kertaljós lume di candela ろうそくの明り 촛불 žvakės/žvakių šviesa sveču gaisma cahaya lilin kaarslichtlevende lys światło świec(y) د شمع رنا luz de velas lumina lumâ­nării свет свечи svetlo sviečky svečava s...
8. Indicates how high or low church something is by height on the candle.
   idiomatic
9. a holder for a candle. blaker شَمْعَدان свещник castiçal svícen der Kerzenleuchter lysestage κηροπήγιοcandelero, palmatoria küünlajalg شمعدان kynttilänjalka chandelierפמוט दीपाधार svijećnjak gyertyatartó tempat lilin kertastjaki candeliere ろうそく立て 촛대 žvakidė svečturis pemegang lilin kandelaarlysestakeświecznik شمعداني castiçal sfeş­nic подсвечник svietnik svečnik svećnjak ljusstake เชิงเทียน şamdan 燭台 свічник موم بتی کو اٹھانے والا اسٹینڈ giá đỡ nến 烛台
10. A solid, usually cylindrical mass of tallow, wax, or other fatty substance with an axially embedded wick that is burned to provide light.
11. Physics An obsolete unit of luminous intensity, originally defined in terms of a wax candle with standard composition, later in terms of a carbon-filament lamp, and superseded by the candela. Also called international candle.
    Physics
12. a cylindrical piece of wax, tallow, or other fatty substance surrounding a wick, which is burned to produce light
13. (Units) physics a. See international candle
    physics
14. burn the candle at both ends to exhaust oneself, esp by being up late and getting up early to work
15. not hold a candle to informal to be inferior or contemptible in comparison with: your dog doesn't hold a candle to mine.
    informal

Equivalents

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Afrikaanskers

አማርኛሻማ

العربيةالشمعةشمعةقنديل

Azərbaycan dilişam

Беларускаясвечка

Българскисвещ

বাংলামোমবাতিশামা

བོད་སྐད།ཚིལ་བཞུཡང་ལཱ

Bosanskisamsemsvećasvećicasvijećasvjećicaсвећасвећицасвијећасвјећица+ 7 more

Catalàcandelaespelma

Češtinasvícesvíčka

Cymraegcannwyll

Dansklys

Ελληνικάκερί

Esperantokandelo

Eestiküünal

Euskarakandela

Suomikynttilä

Gaeilgecoinneal

Gàidhligcoinneal

Galegocandea

ગુજરાતીમીણબત્તી

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻiihoiho

עבריתנר

हिन्दीबत्तीमोमबत्तीशमा

Hrvatskisamsemsvećasvećicasvijećasvjećicaсвећасвећицасвијећасвјећица+ 7 more

Magyargyertya

Հայերենմոմ

Bahasa Indonesiakandillilin

Íslenskakerti

Italianocandela

日本語蝋蝋燭蠟

ქართულისანთელი

Қазақ тілішам

ភាសាខ្មែរទៀន

한국어납촉랍촉양초초+ 1 more

KurdîkerşmûmŞam

Кыргызчашам

Latinacandela

LëtzebuergeschBougieKäerz

ລາວທຽນ

Lietuviųžvakė

Latviešusvece

Македонскисвеќа

മലയാളംമെഴുകുതിരി

Монголлаа

मराठीमेणबत्ती

Bahasa Melayulilin

Maltixemgħa

မြန်မာဖယောင်းတိုင်

Nederlandskaars

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Portuguêsvela

Românălumânare

РусскийСвечасвечка

Slovenčinasvieca

Slovenščinasveča

Soomaalishumac

Shqipqiri

Српскиsamsemsvećasvećicasvijećasvjećicaсвећасвећицасвијећасвјећица+ 7 more

Svenskaljusstearinljus

Kiswahilimshumaa

தமிழ்மெழுகுதிரிமெழுகுவர்த்தி

తెలుగుకొవ్వొత్తి

Тоҷикӣшамъ

ไทยเทียน

Tagalogkandilasasang

Türkçeçerağçirağmumşem+ 1 more

ئۇيغۇرچەشام

Українськасвічасвічкасвічковийсвічний+ 1 more

اردوشمع

O'zbekchasham

Tiếng Việtđèn cầynên

Examples

“light⟳ a candle”

“blow⟳ out the candles on the birthday cake”

“snuff out the candle”

“That vicar used to be an evangelical, but she's crept up the candle in recent years.”

“That’s why self-consciously Anglo-catholic churches which are a mile high up the paschal candle can do reasonably well in the current climate.”

“For those towards the top of the candle, receiving holy communion is not the same as a celebration of the mass, and mailing the sacred host⟳ demonstrates a serious lack of reverence for the sacrament.”

“Clergy higher up the candle had different ideas. From the 1920s, Anglo-Papalism had favoured Roman fashions, and many of the Catholic clergy wore Latin cassocks — with plain or lacy cottas, and birettas — for the Offices; and, eschewing the surplice, an amice and alb — usually with Latin vestments — for the eucharist.”

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