"candleholder" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: candleholders [plural]
Etymology: candle + holder Etymology templates: {{compound|en|candle|holder}} candle + holder Head templates: {{en-noun}} candleholder (plural candleholders)
  1. A device for holding one or more lit candles Hyponyms: candelabrum, candlestick, girandole Translations (device for holding one or more lit candles): 燭臺 (Chinese Mandarin), 烛台 or 燭台 (zhútái) (Chinese Mandarin), küünlajalg (Estonian), kynttilänjalka (Finnish), kynttelikkö (Finnish), chandelier [masculine] (French), Kerzenhalter [masculine] (German), bugia [feminine] (Italian), 燭台 (shokudai) (alt: しょくだい) (Japanese), подсве́чник (podsvéčnik) [masculine] (Russian), şamdan (Turkish), mumluk (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-candleholder-en-noun-ONs8EQqS Disambiguation of 'device for holding one or more lit candles': 96 2 2
  2. (historical) A person who holds a candle to assist another person who is working in dim light. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-candleholder-en-noun-VKEqOXna Categories (other): English endocentric compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English endocentric compounds: 23 50 27 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 69 23 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 6 72 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 6 75 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 69 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 69 18 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 71 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 9 73 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 9 73 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 21 61 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 9 73 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 8 71 22
  3. (dated, by extension) One who renders another slight assistance, or humours them. Tags: broadly, dated
    Sense id: en-candleholder-en-noun-xTjuQdK3

Inflected forms

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