Meaning of küünal | Babel Free

Definitions

1. candle (an ignitable solid light source made of wax, stearin or other combustible material)
2. spark plug, sparking plug (gas mixture ignition device in the cylinder of the internal combustion engine)
3. suppository
4. candela (unit of luminous intensity)
   obsolete
5. Candlemas (February 2, one of the winter solstices in the Estonian folk calendar, and a Catholic holiday celebrating the day when the Virgin Mary first went to church with baby Jesus and the candles lit up by themselves)
   colloquial

Equivalents

Examples

“küünalt põletama, kustutama”

to burn, to blow out a candle

“rasvast küünlaid valama”

to pour candles out of animal fat

“Kuusk säras küünaldes.”

The Christmas tree lit up in candles.

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