candle

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From Middle English candel, from Old English candel (“candle”), borrowed from Latin candēla (“candle”), from Latin candeō (“be white, bright, shining”, verb); see candid. Doublet of candela and chandelle.

263 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: ацәымза (acwəmza) — a light source
• Acehnese: lilén — a light source
• Afrikaans: kers — a light source
• Albanian: qiri — a light source
• Amharic: ቫማ (vama) — a light source
• Amharic: ሻማ (šama) — a light source
• Arabic: شَمْعَة (šamʕa) — a light source
• Arabic: قِنْدِيل (qindīl) — a light source
• Arabic: شمع — a light source
• Arabic: شَمْعَة (šamʕa) — a light source
• Arabic: شَمْعَة (šamʕa) — a light source
• Aragonese: espelma — a light source
• Aragonese: candela — a light source
• Armenian: մոմ (mom) — a light source
• Aromanian: luminare — a light source
• Aromanian: lunjinare — a light source
• Aromanian: lumbardã — a light source
• Aromanian: ayiucheri — a light source
• Asturian: vela — a light source
• Asturian: mexana — a light source
• Asturian: candela — a light source
• Azerbaijani: şam — a light source
• Azerbaijani: mum — a light source
• Baluchi: کنڈل — a light source
• Bashkir: шәм (şəm) — a light source
• Bashkir: май шәм (may şəm) — a light source
• Basque: kandela — a light source
• Belarusian: све́чка (svjéčka) — a light source
• Bengali: মোমবাতি (mōmbati) — a light source
• Bengali: শামা (śama) — a light source
• Bhojpuri: 𑂧𑂷𑂧𑂥𑂞𑂹𑂞𑂲 (mombattī) — a light source
• Central Bikol: kandila — a light source
• Bouyei: xugt — a light source
• Bouyei: sancxugt — a light source
• Breton: boujienn — a light source
• Breton: kantol — a light source
• Bulgarian: свещ (svešt) — a light source
• Burmese: ဖယောင်းတိုင် (hpa.yaung:tuing) — a light source
• Burushaski: شمع — a light source
• Catalan: espelma — a light source
• Catalan: candela — a light source
• Cebuano: kandila — a light source
• Chamicuro: kajchi — a light source
• Chechen: чӏурам (čʼuram) — a light source
• Chichewa: kandulo — a light source
• Chinese Cantonese: 蠟燭 /蜡烛 (laap6 zuk1) — a light source
• Chinese: ла (la) — a light source
• Eastern Min Chinese: 燭 /烛 (ciók) — a light source
• Hakka Chinese: 蠟燭 /蜡烛 (la̍p-chuk) — a light source
• Chinese: 蠟燭 /蜡烛 (zh-min-nan) — a light source
• Chinese Mandarin: 蠟燭 /蜡烛 (làzhú) — a light source
• Chinese Mandarin: 蠟 /蜡 (là) — a light source
• Chinese Mandarin: 燭 /烛 (zhú) — a light source
• Northern Min Chinese: 蠟燭 /蜡烛 (là-cṳ̆) — a light source
• Wu Chinese: 蠟燭 /蜡烛 (8laq-tsoq) — a light source
• Coptic: ⲙⲟⲩⲗϩ (moulh) — a light source
• Cornish: kantol — a light source
• Crimean Tatar: çıraq — a light source
• Czech: svíce — a light source
• Czech: svíčka — a light source
• Danish: lys — a light source
• Danish: stearinlys — a light source
• Dhivehi: އުއްބައްތި (ubbatti) — a light source
• Dutch: kaars — a light source
• Emilian: candaila — a light source
• Emilian: candēla — a light source
• Emilian: candéla — a light source
• Emilian: candèila — a light source
• Erzya: штатол (štatol) — a light source
• Esperanto: kandelo — a light source
• Estonian: küünal — a light source
• Faroese: kerta — a light source
• Faroese: kertiljós — a light source
• Finnish: kynttilä — a light source
• French: bougie — a light source
• French: chandelle — a light source
• Middle French: chandelle — a light source
• Old French: chandoile — a light source
• Friulian: cjandele — a light source
• Friulian: čhandele — a light source
• Galician: candea — a light source
• Georgian: სანთელი (santeli) — a light source
• German: Kerze — a light source
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌽 (lukarn) — a light source
• Greek: κερί (kerí) — a light source
• Ancient Greek: κηρίων (kēríōn) — a light source
• Greenlandic: naneruut — a light source
• Gujarati: મીણબત્તી (mīṇbattī) — a light source
• Hausa: kyándìr̃ — a light source
• Hawaiian: ihoiho — a light source
• Hebrew: נֵר (ner) — a light source
• Hindi: मोमबत्ती (mombattī) — a light source
• Hindi: शमा (śamā) — a light source
• Hungarian: gyertya — a light source
• Hunsrik: Kerz — a light source
• Icelandic: kerti — a light source
• Ido: kandelo — a light source
• Ido: bujio — a light source
• Indonesian: lilin — a light source
• Ingrian: toohus — a light source
• Ingrian: kyntteli — a light source
• Ingush: кӏерам (kʼeram) — a light source
• Irish: coinneal — a light source
• Italian: candela — a light source
• Japanese: 蝋燭 (rōsoku) — a light source
• Javanese: lilin — a light source
• Kalmyk: ла (la) — a light source
• Kannada: ಮೋಂಬತ್ತಿ (mōmbatti) — a light source
• Karakalpak: sham — a light source
• Kashubian: swiéca — a light source
• Kazakh: шам (şam) — a light source
• Kazakh: май шам (mai şam) — a light source
• Ket: dikkit — a light source
• Khmer: ទៀន (tiən) — a light source
• Korean: 초 (cho) — a light source
• Korean: 양초 (yangcho) — a light source
• Korean: 납촉 (napchok) — a light source
• Korean: 랍촉 (rapchok) — a light source
• Kyrgyz: шам (şam) — a light source
• Lao: ທຽນ (thīan) — a light source
• Latin: candēla — a light source
• Latvian: svece — a light source
• Eastern Lawa: ตี-เอิน — a light source
• Ligurian: candeja — a light source
• Lithuanian: žvakė — a light source
• Livonian: kīņḑõl — a light source
• Lombard: candela — a light source
• Lombard: candila — a light source
• Luxembourgish: Käerz — a light source
• Luxembourgish: Bougie — a light source
• Macedonian: све́ќа (svéḱa) — a light source
• Magahi: 𑂧𑂷𑂧𑂥𑂞𑂹𑂞𑂲 (mombattī) — a light source
• Maguindanao: ransuk — a light source
• Malagasy: labozia — a light source
• Malay: lilin — a light source
• Malayalam: മെഴുകുതിരി (meḻukutiri) — a light source
• Maltese: xemgħa — a light source
• Manchu: ᠠᠶᠠᠨ ᡩᡝᠩᠵᠠᠨ (ayan dengjan) — a light source
• Manx: cainle — a light source
• Maranao: ransok — a light source
• Marathi: मेणबत्ती (meṇbattī) — a light source
• Mauritian Creole: labouzi — a light source
• Minangkabau: lilin — a light source
• Moksha: штатол (štatol) — a light source
• Mongolian: лаа (laa) — a light source
• Mongolian: ᠯᠠ (la) — a light source
• Khiamniungan Naga: yàptsûa — a light source
• Classical Nahuatl: xīcohcuitlaocōtl — a light source
• Nanai: ла (la) — a light source
• Navajo: akʼah diltłiʼí — a light source
• Navajo: akʼahkǫʼ níyizígíí — a light source
• Neapolitan: ceroggeno — a light source
• Nihali: मुम्बत्ति — a light source
• Norman: caundèle — a light source
• Norwegian: lys — a light source
• Norwegian Bokmål: stearinlys — a light source
• Norwegian Bokmål: vokslys — a light source
• Norwegian Bokmål: levende lys — a light source
• Norwegian Nynorsk: stearinlys — a light source
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vokslys — a light source
• Occitan: candèla — a light source
• Odia: ବତି (bati) — a light source
• Church Slavic: свѣшта (svěšta) — a light source
• Old East Slavic: свѣча (svěča) — a light source
• Old English: candel — a light source
• Oromo: dungoo — a light source
• Ossetian: цырагъ (cyraǧ) — a light source
• Pannonian Rusyn: швичка (švička) — a light source
• Pashto: شمعه (šam'a) — a light source
• Dari: شَمْع (šam') — a light source
• Iranian Persian: شَمْع (šam') — a light source
• Piedmontese: candèila — a light source
• Plautdietsch: Taulchlicht — a light source
• Polabian: swecja — a light source
• Polish: świeca — a light source
• Polish: świeczka — a light source
• Polish: gromnica — a light source
• Portuguese: vela — a light source
• Punjabi: ਮੋਮਬੱਤੀ (mombattī) — a light source
• Quechua: wila — a light source
• Rohingya: mumbatti — a light source
• Romagnol: candēla — a light source
• Romani: momeli — a light source
• Romanian: lumânare — a light source
• Romansh: chandaila — a light source
• Russian: свеча́ (svečá) — a light source
• Russian: све́чка (svéčka) — a light source
• Saho: shimca — a light source
• Inari-Sami: kiintâl — a light source
• Kildin-Sami: тӯвас (tūvas) — a light source
• Northern Sami: ginttal — a light source
• Sanskrit: मधुजवर्ती (madhujavartī) — a light source
• Serbo-Croatian: све́ћа — a light source
• Serbo-Croatian: свије́ћа — a light source
• Serbo-Croatian: лоја̀ница — a light source
• Serbo-Croatian: вошта̀ница — a light source
• Serbo-Croatian: svéća — a light source
• Serbo-Croatian: svijéća — a light source
• Serbo-Croatian: lojànica — a light source
• Serbo-Croatian: voštànica — a light source
• Sinhalese: ඉටිපන්දම (iṭipandama) — a light source
• Sinhalese: විලක්කුව (wilakkuwa) — a light source
• Slovak: svieca — a light source
• Slovak: sviečka — a light source
• Slovene: sveča — a light source
• Somali: shumac — a light source
• Lower Sorbian: swěcka — a light source
• Upper Sorbian: swěčka — a light source
• Southern Altai: ӱспекчи (üspekči) — a light source
• Spanish: vela — a light source
• Spanish: candela — a light source
• Spanish: cirio — a light source
• Spanish: espelma — a light source
• Spanish: veladora (Mesoamerica) — a light source
• Spanish: blandón — a light source
• Spanish: cerilla — a light source
• Spanish: cerillo — a light source
• Spanish: hachón — a light source
• Spanish: hachote — a light source
• Spanish: velón — a light source
• Sranan Tongo: kandra — a light source
• Swahili: mshumaa — a light source
• Swedish: ljus — a light source
• Swedish: stearinljus — a light source
• Tabasaran: шам (šam) — a light source
• Tagalog: kandila — a light source
• Tagalog: sasang — a light source
• Tajik: шамъ (šam') — a light source
• Tamil: மெழுகுவர்த்தி (meḻukuvartti) — a light source
• Tamil: மெழுகுதிரி (meḻukutiri) — a light source
• Tatar: шәм (şäm) — a light source
• Tausug: lansuk — a light source
• Telugu: కొవ్వొత్తి (kovvotti) — a light source
• Thai: เทียน (tiian) — a light source
• Northern Thai: ᨴ᩠ᨿᩁ (tian) — a light source
• Tibetan: ཡང་ལཱ (yang lā) — a light source
• Tibetan: ཚིལ་བཞུ (tshil bzhu) — a light source
• Tigrinya: ሽምዓ (šəmʿa) — a light source
• Tongan: teʻelango — a light source
• Turkish: mum — a light source
• Ottoman Turkish: موم (mum) — a light source
• Ottoman Turkish: شمع (şemʿ) — a light source
• Turkmen: şem — a light source
• Ukrainian: сві́чка (svíčka) — a light source
• Urdu: موم بَتّی (mom battī) — a light source
• Urdu: شَمْع (śam') — a light source
• Uyghur: شام (sham) — a light source
• Uzbek: shamchiroq — a light source
• Uzbek: sham — a light source
• Vietnamese: nến — a light source
• Vietnamese: đèn cầy — a light source
• Volapük: kandel — a light source
• Votic: tohuz — a light source
• Welsh: cannwyll — a light source
• Woiwurrung: mampula — a light source
• Yakan: lansuk — a light source
• Yakut: чүмэчи (čümeči) — a light source
• Yiddish: ליכט (likht) — a light source
• Yucatec Maya: k'aak' che' — a light source
• Isthmus Zapotec: guiʼriʼ — a light source
• Zhuang: lab — a light source
• Zhuang: labcuk — a light source
• Zulu: ikhandlela — a light source