"menorah" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mɪˈnɔːɹə/ Audio: en-us-menorah.ogg Forms: menoroth [plural], menorot [plural], menorahs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔːɹə Etymology: From Hebrew מְנוֹרָה (m'norá). From the same Proto-Semitic root *nūr- (“fire”) as minaret. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|he|מְנוֹרָה|tr=m'norá}} Hebrew מְנוֹרָה (m'norá), {{der|en|sem-pro|-}} Proto-Semitic Head templates: {{en-noun|menoroth|menorot|s}} menorah (plural menoroth or menorot or menorahs)
  1. A holy candelabrum with seven branches used in the Temple of Jerusalem.
    Sense id: en-menorah-en-noun-en:temple Categories (other): Terms with Ugaritic translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ugaritic translations: 48 52
  2. A candelabrum with nine branches, used in Jewish worship on Hanukkah. Categories (topical): Hanukkah Synonyms: hanukkiah
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: menora Translations (seven-branch candelabrum): مَنَارَة (manāra) (Arabic), مِنُورَة (minūra) (Arabic), الشَّمْعَدَان السَّبَاعِيّ (aš-šamʕadān as-sabāʕiyy) (Arabic), مِينُورَاه (mīnūrāh) (Arabic), menorà [feminine] (Catalan), 猶太教燈臺 /犹太教灯台 (Yóutàijiào dēngtái) (Chinese Mandarin), menora (Dutch), menoro (Esperanto), menorao (Esperanto), menora (Finnish), Menora [feminine] (German), επτάφωτος λυχνία (eptáfotos lychnía) [feminine] (Greek), מְנוֹרָה (m'norá) [feminine] (Hebrew), menóra (Hungarian), menorah (Indonesian), menorah (Italian), メノーラー (menōrā) (Japanese), 메노라 (menora) (Korean), menora [feminine] (Ladino), menora (Lithuanian), мено́ра (menóra) [feminine] (Macedonian), menora [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), menora [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), menora [feminine] (Polish), menorá [feminine] (Portuguese), мено́ра (menóra) [feminine] (Russian), менора [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), menora [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), මෙනොරා (menorā) (Sinhalese), menora [feminine] (Spanish), menorá [feminine] (Spanish), menora (Swedish), மெனொரா (meṉorā) (Tamil), మెనొరా (menorā) (Telugu), menora (Turkish), 𐎎𐎐𐎗𐎚 (mnrt) (Ugaritic), מנורה (menoyre) [feminine] (Yiddish)
Disambiguation of 'seven-branch candelabrum': 49 51

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
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      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "word": "menora"
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      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "meṉorā",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "word": "மெனொரா"
    },
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      "_dis1": "49 51",
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      "roman": "menorā",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "word": "మెనొరా"
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      "word": "menora"
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      "roman": "mnrt",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "word": "𐎎𐎐𐎗𐎚"
    },
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      "roman": "menoyre",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
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      ],
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    }
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}
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          "ref": "1985, Anthony Burgess, The Kingdom of the Wicked:",
          "text": "‘Heathen muck,’ Liberalis said, as the pillaging began. The veil of the Temple was rent. The great menorah was taken away.",
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          "ref": "1992, Merrill Joan Gerber, The Kingdom of Brooklyn, Syracuse University Press, published 2000, →ISBN, pages 76–77:",
          "text": "My father brings home a big brass antique menorah, shaped like an archway, heavy, on a pedestal, on a round base.",
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        {
          "ref": "1996, Ann Kimmage, An Un-American Childhood, University of Georgia Press, published 1996, →ISBN, pages 49–50:",
          "text": "In America every December my mother had decorated our home with metal Stars of David she hung on strings in the doorways and lit the menorah as we gathered at the table.",
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        {
          "ref": "2000, Noam Zion, Barbara Spectre, A Different Light: The Hanukkah Book of Celebration, Devora Publishing, →ISBN, page 237:",
          "text": "However, traditional Sefardi families follow the halacha that each household uses only one menorah lit by the head of the household, to represent everyone in unison.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2023 December 12, Shaun Walker, “Far-right Polish MP uses fire extinguisher to put out Hanukah candles”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:",
          "text": "A far-right Polish MP has extinguished candles on a menorah lit for Hanukah in Poland’s parliament, disrupting proceedings before a planned vote of confidence in the new government.",
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      "word": "menora"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "manāra",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "word": "مَنَارَة"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "minūra",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "word": "مِنُورَة"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "aš-šamʕadān as-sabāʕiyy",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "word": "الشَّمْعَدَان السَّبَاعِيّ"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "mīnūrāh",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "word": "مِينُورَاه"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "menorà"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Yóutàijiào dēngtái",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "word": "猶太教燈臺 /犹太教灯台"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "word": "menora"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "word": "menoro"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "word": "menorao"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "word": "menora"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Menora"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "eptáfotos lychnía",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "επτάφωτος λυχνία"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "m'norá",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מְנוֹרָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "word": "menóra"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "word": "menorah"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "word": "menorah"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "menōrā",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "word": "メノーラー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "menora",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "word": "메노라"
    },
    {
      "code": "lad",
      "lang": "Ladino",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "menora"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "word": "menora"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "menóra",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мено́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "menora"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "menora"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "menora"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "menorá"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "menóra",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мено́ра"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "менора"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "menora"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "menorā",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "word": "මෙනොරා"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "menora"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "menorá"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "word": "menora"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "meṉorā",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "word": "மெனொரா"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "menorā",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "word": "మెనొరా"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "word": "menora"
    },
    {
      "code": "uga",
      "lang": "Ugaritic",
      "roman": "mnrt",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "word": "𐎎𐎐𐎗𐎚"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "menoyre",
      "sense": "seven-branch candelabrum",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "מנורה"
    }
  ],
  "word": "menorah"
}

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