"Roman candle" meaning in English

See Roman candle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: Roman candles [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Roman candle (plural Roman candles)
  1. A type of firework with a long, thick paper tube that contains layers of "stars" and lifting charges. When ignited, pyrotechnic stars shoot from the tube one at a time. Categories (topical): Pyrotechnics Translations (a type of firework): římská svíce (Czech), romerlys [neuter] (Danish), romeinse kaars (Dutch), roomalainen kynttilä (Finnish), Römische Licht (German), Römische Kerze (note: in Switzerland) (German), ihoihokī (Hawaiian), candela romana (Italian), ບັ້ງໄຟດອກ (bang fai dǭk) (Lao), دخمه (dahme) (Ottoman Turkish), римская свеча́ (rimskaja svečá) (Russian), rímska svieca (Slovak), rimska sveča (Slovene), romerskt ljus (Swedish), dahme (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Roman_candle-en-noun-2XL7COiC Disambiguation of Pyrotechnics: 85 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 60 40 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 65 35 Disambiguation of 'a type of firework': 96 4
  2. A type of parachute deployment failure.
    Sense id: en-Roman_candle-en-noun-iZKyHf8G

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Roman candle meaning in English (3.2kB)

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Roman candles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Roman candle (plural Roman candles)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "65 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Pyrotechnics",
          "orig": "en:Pyrotechnics",
          "parents": [
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A type of firework with a long, thick paper tube that contains layers of \"stars\" and lifting charges. When ignited, pyrotechnic stars shoot from the tube one at a time."
      ],
      "id": "en-Roman_candle-en-noun-2XL7COiC",
      "links": [
        [
          "firework",
          "firework"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a type of firework",
          "word": "římská svíce"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a type of firework",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "romerlys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "a type of firework",
          "word": "romeinse kaars"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a type of firework",
          "word": "roomalainen kynttilä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a type of firework",
          "word": "Römische Licht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "in Switzerland",
          "sense": "a type of firework",
          "word": "Römische Kerze"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "a type of firework",
          "word": "ihoihokī"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a type of firework",
          "word": "candela romana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "bang fai dǭk",
          "sense": "a type of firework",
          "word": "ບັ້ງໄຟດອກ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "dahme",
          "sense": "a type of firework",
          "word": "دخمه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rimskaja svečá",
          "sense": "a type of firework",
          "word": "римская свеча́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "a type of firework",
          "word": "rímska svieca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "a type of firework",
          "word": "rimska sveča"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a type of firework",
          "word": "romerskt ljus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "a type of firework",
          "word": "dahme"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A type of parachute deployment failure."
      ],
      "id": "en-Roman_candle-en-noun-iZKyHf8G",
      "links": [
        [
          "parachute",
          "parachute"
        ],
        [
          "deployment",
          "deployment"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Roman candle"
  ],
  "word": "Roman candle"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "en:Pyrotechnics"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Roman candles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Roman candle (plural Roman candles)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A type of firework with a long, thick paper tube that contains layers of \"stars\" and lifting charges. When ignited, pyrotechnic stars shoot from the tube one at a time."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "firework",
          "firework"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A type of parachute deployment failure."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "parachute",
          "parachute"
        ],
        [
          "deployment",
          "deployment"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a type of firework",
      "word": "římská svíce"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a type of firework",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "romerlys"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a type of firework",
      "word": "romeinse kaars"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a type of firework",
      "word": "roomalainen kynttilä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a type of firework",
      "word": "Römische Licht"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "in Switzerland",
      "sense": "a type of firework",
      "word": "Römische Kerze"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "a type of firework",
      "word": "ihoihokī"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a type of firework",
      "word": "candela romana"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "bang fai dǭk",
      "sense": "a type of firework",
      "word": "ບັ້ງໄຟດອກ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "dahme",
      "sense": "a type of firework",
      "word": "دخمه"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rimskaja svečá",
      "sense": "a type of firework",
      "word": "римская свеча́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "a type of firework",
      "word": "rímska svieca"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "a type of firework",
      "word": "rimska sveča"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a type of firework",
      "word": "romerskt ljus"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a type of firework",
      "word": "dahme"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Roman candle"
  ],
  "word": "Roman candle"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.