# chandelier
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French chandelier, from Latin candelabrum, from candela (“a candle”). Doublet of candelabrum. See also candle.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˌʃæn.dəˈlɪə(ɹ)/
* (US) IPA: /ˌʃæn.dəˈlɪɚ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

### Noun

chandelier (plural chandeliers)
* A branched, often ornate, light fixture suspended from a ceiling.
    Hyponyms: electrolier, gasalier, gasolier
** 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, chapter VII, in A House Is Built, section vi:She opened the drawing-room door in trepidation. Would she find Esther drowned with her head in the goldfish bowl, or hanged from the chandelier by her stay-lace?
** (originally, specifically) One lit by candles.
* (auction, often attributive) A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction.
    Synonym: wall
** 2007, Frank Pope, "Dragon Sea: a true tale of treasure, archeology, and greed off the coast of Vietnam", Harcourt Books, p. 306.
    A mysterious phone bidder was grabbing the pieces that no one else wanted—Mensun suspected this was the auction house "bidding against the chandelier," protecting itself against selling too low.
** 2010, Don Thompson, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark, Aurum Press Limited, →ISBN:The bids are usually real but can be fake or ‘chandelier’ bids (non-existing bids taken ‘off the chandelier’) on behalf of the consignor, or bids left with the auctioneer in advance.
* (surgery) An endoilluminator used in eye surgery.
* (obsolete, military) A portable frame used to support temporary wooden fences.
** [1747, James Boswell, The Scots Book, volume IX, page 37:Chandelier. A wooden frame, whereon are laid fascines or faggots, to cover the workmen in making approaches.]
** 1994, Todd A. Shallat, Structures in the Stream: Water, Science, and the Rise of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, University of Texas Press, page 32:Europeans solved this problem by building a temporary fence with tightly bound sticks ("fascines") stacked into wooden frames ("chandeliers").

#### Derived terms

* chandelier bid
* chandelier bidding
* chandelier earring
* chandeliered
* chandelier exit
* chandelierlike
* chandelier plant
* chandelier stop
* electrolier
* gasalier, gasolier
* not the brightest bulb in the chandelier

#### Related terms

* candela
* candelabrum
* candid
* candidate
* candle
* candlepower
* candlestick
* chandler
* chandlery
* lustre
* sconce

#### Further reading

* “chandelier”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “chandelier”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʃɑ̃.də.lje/

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin candēlābrum, with a change in suffix. Doublet of candélabre.

#### Noun

chandelier m (plural chandeliers)
* candlestick
* chandelier

##### Related terms

* chandelle

### Etymology 2

From chandelle +‎ -ier, or from Medieval Latin candelārius. Compare Catalan candeler, Italian candelaio, Spanish candelero.

#### Noun

chandelier m (plural chandeliers)
* candlemaker

### Further reading

* “chandelier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Spanish
### Noun

chandelier m (plural chandelieres)
* chandelier