# candela
## English
### Alternative forms

* (abbreviation) cd

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin candēla (“candle”). Doublet of candle and chandelle.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /kænˈdɛlə/, /kænˈdiːlə/, /ˈkændɪlə/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /kænˈdiːlə/, /kænˈdɛlə/
* Rhymes: -ɛlə, -iːlə, -ændɪlə
* Hyphenation: can‧de‧la

### Noun

candela (plural candelas or (rare) candelae)
* In the International System of Units, the base unit of luminous intensity; the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 10$^{12}$ hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian. Symbol: cd

#### Derived terms

* femtocandela
* gigacandela
* isocandela
* kilocandela
* megacandela
* microcandela
* millicandela
* nanocandela

#### Related terms

* candelabrum
* candid
* candidate
* candle
* candlepower
* candlestick
* chandler
* chandlery

#### Translations
### Further reading

* candela on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* canaled, decanal

## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin candela.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kanˈdela/ [kãn̪ˈd̪e.la]
* Rhymes: -ela
* Syllabification: can‧de‧la

### Noun

candela f (plural candeles)
* corn flower
* candlestick
* candle
    Synonym: vela
* beating, bashing
    Synonyms: cuelma, carena, cuera, llueta, felpa

## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* canela (archaic or Valencian)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin candela, with Ecclesiastical Latin influence. Doublet of the older inherited form canela.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [kənˈdɛ.lə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [kənˈdə.lə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [kanˈdɛ.la]

### Noun

candela f (plural candeles)
* candle

#### Derived terms

* candeler
* candelera
* candeleta

#### Related terms

* candelilla
* canelobre

### References

* ↑ “candela”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

### Further reading

* “candela” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “candela” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “candela” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Chavacano
### Etymology

From Spanish candela, from Latin candela.

### Noun

candela
* candle

#### Related terms

* candelabra

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin candela (“candle”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌkɑnˈdeː.laː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: can‧de‧la

### Noun

candela f (plural candela's)
* candela

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin candēla. Doublet of chandelle.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɑ̃.de.la/
* Audio (Paris):(file)

### Noun

candela f (plural candelas)
* candela (SI unit of luminous intensity)

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin candēla, derived from candeō (“to shine, glow”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kanˈde.la/
* Rhymes: -ela
* Hyphenation: can‧dé‧la

### Noun

candela f (plural candele)
* candle
* Ellipsis of candela di accensione (“spark plug”).
* candela (SI unit of luminous intensity)
* (slang) snot
* chandelle (aerobatic maneuver)

#### Derived terms

* candelaggio
* candelaio
* candeliere

#### Related terms

* candelabro

### Further reading

* candela in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* Calenda, caldane

## Latin
### Etymology

From candeō (“shine, glitter; glow”) +‎ -ēla.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /kanˈdeː.la/, [kän̪ˈd̪eːɫ̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /kanˈde.la/, [kän̪ˈd̪ɛːlä]

### Noun

candēla f (genitive candēlae); first declension
* A light made of wax or tallow; tallow candle or taper.
* A fire.
* A cord covered with wax.

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Derived terms

* candēlābrum

#### Related terms

* candefaciō
* candēlābrārius
* candēns
* candentia
* candeō
* candescō
* candicō
* candidus
* candificō
* candor

#### Descendants

* Italo-Romance:
** Corsican: candela, candelu
** Italian: candela
** Sicilian: cannila
* Padanian:
** Friulian: cjandele
** Lombard: candéla
** Piedmontese: candèila, candèira, candèlia, candaia
** Romansch: chandaila
** Venetan: candéła
* Gallo-Romance:
** Catalan: canela
** Franco-Provençal: chandêla
** Old French: chandoile, chandele, chandeile
*** Middle French: chandelle (see there for further descendants)
*** Gallo: chandelle
*** Norman: candelle
*** Picard: candelle
*** Walloon: tchandèle
** Occitan: candèla, chandela
* Ibero-Romance:
** Aragonese: candela
** Asturian: candela
** Extremaduran: candela
** Leonese: candela
** Mirandese: candela
** Old Galician-Portuguese: candea (see there for further descendants)
** Old Spanish: candela
*** Ladino: kandela
*** Spanish: candela (see there for further descendants)
Unsorted borrowings:
* → Albanian: këndell
* → Ancient Greek: κανδήλη (kandḗlē) (see there for further descendants)
* → Basque: kandela
* → Proto-Brythonic: *kantuɨll (see there for further descendants)
* → Catalan: candela
* → Proto-Norse: *ᚲᚢᚾᛞᛁᛚᚨ (*kundila)
** Old Norse: kyndill
*** Faroese: kyndil
*** Icelandic: kyndill
*** Old Swedish: kyndil
**** → Finnish: kynttilä, kyntteli
***** → Ingrian: kyntteli
***** → Votic: tšüntteli
**** → Estonian: küünal
*** Old Danish: kyndæl
* → Old English: candel, candell, condel, condell
** Middle English: candel, condel, kandyl, kandel, candyll, candell
*** English: candle (see there for further descendants)
*** Scots: candil, candel, candle
*** Yola: condale, candale, condel
* → Old Irish: caindel
** Middle Irish: caindel
*** Irish: coinneal
*** Manx: cainle
*** Scottish Gaelic: coinneal

### References

* “candela”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “candela”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "candela", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* candela in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “candela”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “candela”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կանթեղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 514

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɑn.de.lɑ/

### Noun

candela
* nominative/accusative/genitive plural of candel

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin candela (cf. English candela). Doublet of the inherited candeia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɐ̃ˈdɛ.lɐ/
* Hyphenation: can‧de‧la

### Noun

candela f (plural candelas)
* (physics) candela (unit of measurement of luminous intensity)

#### Related terms

* candeia

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin candēla. Doublet of candil.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kanˈdela/ [kãn̪ˈd̪e.la]
* Rhymes: -ela
* Syllabification: can‧de‧la

### Noun

candela f (plural candelas)
* candle
    Synonym: vela
* (physics) candela (physical unit)
* combustible
    Synonym: lumbre
* (especially Cuba, Venezuela) fire, light
    Synonyms: fuego, incendio
** 1997, Luis Marquetti, Sergio González Siaba (lyrics and music), “El Cuarto de Tula”, performed by Buena Vista Social Club:El cuarto de Tula, le cogió candela / Se quedó dormida y no apagó la velaTula's room caught fire / She fell asleep and didn't put out the candle
* soapwood (Dodonaea viscosa)

#### Related terms

* candelabro
* candelero
* echar candela
* matacandelas
* ser candela

#### Descendants

* → Cebuano: kandila
* → Limos Kalinga: kandela
* → Masbatenyo: kandila
* → Papiamentu: kandela
* → Tagalog: kandila

### Further reading

* “candela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

candela c
* candela

### References

* candela in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* candela in Svensk ordbok (SO)