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menorah

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /mɪˈnɔːɹə/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɔːɹə
  • CMU ARPABET: M AH0 N AO1 R AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A holy candelabrum with seven branches used in the Temple of Jerusalem.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A candelabrum with nine branches, used in Jewish worship on Hanukkah.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hanukkiah

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

(Judaism) a candelabrum with nine branches; used during the Hanukkah festival

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: candelabrum, candelabra

4

noun

Meaning 4

(Judaism) a candelabrum with seven branches used in ceremonies to symbolize the seven days of Creation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: candelabrum, candelabra

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מְנוֹרָה (m'norá). From the same Proto-Semitic root *nūr- (“light”) as minaret.

Across languages

Translations

39 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَنَارَة (manāra) — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Arabic: مِنُورَة (minūra) — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Arabic: الشَّمْعَدَان السَّبَاعِيّ (aš-šamʕadān as-sabāʕiyy) — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Arabic: مِينُورَاه (mīnūrāh) — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Catalan: menorà — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 猶太教燈臺 /犹太教灯台 (Yóutàijiào dēngtái) — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Dutch: menora — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Esperanto: menoro — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Esperanto: menorao — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Finnish: menora — seven-branch candelabrum
  • German: Menora — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Greek: επτάφωτος λυχνία (eptáfotos lychnía) — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Hebrew: מְנוֹרָה (m'norá) — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Hungarian: menóra — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Indonesian: menorah — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Italian: menorah — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Japanese: メノーラー (menōrā) — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Korean: 메노라 (menora) — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Ladino: menora — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Lithuanian: menora — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Macedonian: мено́ра (menóra) — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Malay: menorah — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Norwegian Bokmål: menora — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: menora — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Polish: menora — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Portuguese: menorá — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Russian: мено́ра (menóra) — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Serbo-Croatian: менора — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Serbo-Croatian: menora — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Sinhalese: මෙනොරා (menorā) — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Spanish: menora — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Spanish: menorá — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Swedish: menora — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Tamil: மெனொரா (meṉorā) — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Telugu: మెనొరా (menorā) — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Turkish: menora — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎐𐎗𐎚 (mnrt) — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Ukrainian: менора́ (menorá) — seven-branch candelabrum
  • Yiddish: מנורה (menoyre) — seven-branch candelabrum
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