"chandelle" meaning in French

See chandelle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʃɑ̃.dɛl/ Audio: Fr-chandelle.ogg , Fr-Paris--chandelle.ogg [Paris] Forms: chandelles [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Old French chandele, chandeile, chandoile, from Latin candēla (with a change of suffix to -elle, from Latin -ella). Doublet of candela. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|chandele|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French chandele, {{inh+|fr|fro|chandele}} Inherited from Old French chandele, {{m|fro|chandeile}} chandeile, {{m|fro|chandoile}} chandoile, {{inh|fr|la|candēla}} Latin candēla, {{m|fr|-elle}} -elle, {{m|la|-ella}} -ella, {{doublet|fr|candela}} Doublet of candela Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} chandelle f (plural chandelles)
  1. a (tallow) candle Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-chandelle-fr-noun-CQnjMHh1
  2. (Canada) any candle Tags: Canada, feminine
    Sense id: en-chandelle-fr-noun-85rD--fd Categories (other): Canadian French
  3. candlelight Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-chandelle-fr-noun-s3GadphK Categories (other): French terms with collocations
  4. (figurative) enlightenment Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-chandelle-fr-noun-gSP8V95z
  5. a jack stand Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Light sources
    Sense id: en-chandelle-fr-noun-2LDQMqB9 Disambiguation of Light sources: 5 14 24 7 49 2 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 15 28 1 54 1
  6. a chandelle Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-chandelle-fr-noun-6InEyXml
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts, devoir une belle chandelle à Dieu, devoir une belle chandelle à la Vierge, devoir une fière chandelle, dîner aux chandelles, économies de bouts de chandelle, le jeu n’en vaut pas la chandelle, tenir la chandelle, voir trente-six chandelles Related terms: chandelier

Inflected forms

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