candelabrum

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• Received-Pronunciation: /kændɪˈlɑːbɹəm/
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• /kændɪˈleɪbɹəm/
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• General-American: /ˌkæn.dl̩ˈɑ.bɹəm/
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• General-American: /ˌkæn.dl̩ˈæ.bɹəm/
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Unadapted borrowing from Latin candēlābrum (“candlestick”), from candēla. Doublet of chandelier. Displaced native Old English candeltrēow (literally “candle tree”).

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: shandan — candle holder
• Arabic: قِنْدِيل (qindīl) — candle holder
• Arabic: شَمْعَدَان (šamʕadān) — candle holder
• Arabic: مُشَعَّب (mušaʕʕab) — candle holder
• Arabic: فُنْيَار (funyār) — candle holder
• Armenian: ճյուղավոր աշտանակ (čyuġavor aštanak) — candle holder
• Armenian: ճյուղավոր մոմակալ (čyuġavor momakal) — candle holder
• Azerbaijani: şamdan — candle holder
• Belarusian: кандэля́бр (kandeljábr) — candle holder
• Bulgarian: све́щник (svéštnik) — candle holder
• Bulgarian: кандела́бър (kandelábǎr) — candle holder
• Catalan: canelobre — candle holder
• Catalan: candelobre — candle holder
• Chinese Mandarin: 燭臺 /燭台 /烛台 (zhútái) — candle holder
• Chinese Mandarin: 分枝燭臺 /分枝燭台 /分枝烛台 (fēnzhī zhútái) — candle holder
• Czech: svícen — candle holder
• Danish: kandelaber — candle holder
• Dutch: kandelaar — candle holder
• Dutch: kaarshouder — candle holder
• Dutch: kaarsenstandaard — candle holder
• Esperanto: kandelabro — candle holder
• Esperanto: kandelingo — candle holder
• Estonian: kandelaaber — candle holder
• Finnish: kynttilänjalka — candle holder
• Finnish: kynttelikkö — candle holder
• Finnish: haarakynttelikkö — candle holder
• French: candélabre — candle holder
• Georgian: შანდალი (šandali) — candle holder
• German: Kerzenständer — candle holder
• German: Armleuchter — candle holder
• German: Kandelaber — candle holder
• Greek: μανουάλι (manouáli) — candle holder
• Greek: κηροπήγιο (kiropígio) — candle holder
• Hungarian: kandeláber — candle holder
• Icelandic: kertastjaki — candle holder
• Ido: kandelabro — candle holder
• Indonesian: kandelar — candle holder
• Irish: coinnleoir craobhach — candle holder
• Italian: candelabro — candle holder
• Japanese: 枝付き燭台 (edatsuki shokudai) — candle holder
• Korean: 촛대 (chotdae) — candle holder
• Latin: candēlābrum — candle holder
• Latvian: svečturis — candle holder
• Lithuanian: žvakidė — candle holder
• Macedonian: свеќник (sveḱnik) — candle holder
• Norwegian Bokmål: kandelaber — candle holder
• Old English: candeltrēow — candle holder
• Pannonian Rusyn: швичнїк (švičnjik) — candle holder
• Persian: شَمعدان (šam'dân) — candle holder
• Polish: kandelabr — candle holder
• Portuguese: candelabro — candle holder
• Romanian: candelabru — candle holder
• Russian: канделя́бр (kandeljábr) — candle holder
• Campidanese Sardinian: candelargiu — candle holder
• Sardinian: candelarzu — candle holder
• Sardinian: candelobre — candle holder
• Sassarese: canderabru — candle holder
• Serbo-Croatian: све̑ћња̄к — candle holder
• Serbo-Croatian: свије̑ћња̄к — candle holder
• Serbo-Croatian: во̀ска̄рница — candle holder
• Serbo-Croatian: во̀шта̄рница — candle holder
• Serbo-Croatian: svȇćnjāk — candle holder
• Serbo-Croatian: svijȇćnjāk — candle holder
• Serbo-Croatian: vòskārnica — candle holder
• Serbo-Croatian: vòštārnica — candle holder
• Slovak: svietnik — candle holder
• Slovene: svečnik — candle holder
• Spanish: candelabro — candle holder
• Spanish: tenebrario — candle holder
• Swedish: kandelaber — candle holder
• Tajik: шамъдон (šam'don) — candle holder
• Turkish: şamdan — candle holder
• Turkish: mumluk — candle holder
• Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎐𐎗𐎚 (mnrt) — candle holder
• Ukrainian: канделя́бр (kandeljábr) — candle holder