chandelier
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
medicine
military
politics
sciences
surgery
war
Etymology: Borrowed from French chandelier, from Latin candelabrum, from candela (“a candle”). Doublet of candelabrum. See also candle.
Inflected forms:
form: chandeliers
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A branched, often ornate, light fixture suspended from a ceiling.
pos: noun
examples: 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?
gloss: A branched, often ornate, light fixture suspended from a ceiling.
pos: noun
tags: specifically
gloss: A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction.
pos: noun
tags: attributive
often
examples: 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.
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.
gloss: An endoilluminator used in eye surgery.
pos: noun
gloss: A portable frame used to support temporary wooden fences.
pos: noun
tags: obsolete
examples: Chandelier. A wooden frame, whereon are laid fascines or faggots, to cover the workmen in making approaches.
Europeans solved this problem by building a temporary fence with tightly bound sticks ("fascines") stacked into wooden frames ("chandeliers").
Related words: candela
candelabrum
candid
candidate
candle
candlepower
candlestick
chandler
chandlery
lustre
sconce
Derived words: chandelier bid
chandelier bidding
chandelier earring
chandeliered
chandelier exit
chandelierlike
chandelier plant
chandelier stop
electrolier
fandelier
gasalier
gasolier
not the brightest bulb in the chandelier
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: llambadar
lang: Arabic
word: ثُرَيَّا
roman: ṯurayyā
lang: Arabic
word: نَجَفَة
roman: najafa
lang: Arabic
word: نجفة
roman: nagafa
lang: Arabic
word: ثريا
lang: Arabic
word: ثرية
roman: ṯurayyā
lang: Arabic
word: نجفة
roman: najafa
lang: Arabic
word: ترية
roman: triyya
lang: Armenian
word: ջահ
roman: ǰah
lang: Armenian
word: լյուստրա
roman: lyustra
lang: Azerbaijani
word: çilçıraq
lang: Basque
word: argi-armiarma
lang: Belarusian
word: лю́стра
roman: ljústra
lang: Belarusian
word: жырандо́ль
roman: žyrandólʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: жырандо́ля
roman: žyrandólja
lang: Bengali
word: ঝাড়বাতি
roman: jhaṛbati
lang: Bulgarian
word: полиле́й
roman: poliléj
lang: Burmese
word: မီးပဒေသာ
roman: mi:pa.desa
lang: Catalan
word: aranya
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 吊燈 /吊灯
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 吊燈 /吊灯
roman: diàodēng
lang: Czech
word: lustr
lang: Danish
word: lysekrone
lang: Dutch
word: kroonluchter
lang: Dutch
word: luster
lang: Elfdalian
word: liuoskraungen
lang: Elfdalian
word: liuoskruon
lang: Esperanto
word: lustro
lang: Estonian
word: kroonlühter
lang: Estonian
word: lühter
lang: Faroese
word: ljósakrúna
lang: Finnish
word: kattokruunu
lang: French
word: lustre
lang: Georgian
word: ჭაღი
roman: č̣aɣi
lang: German
word: Kronleuchter
lang: German
word: Lüster
lang: German
word: Luster
lang: Greek
word: πολυέλαιος
roman: polyélaios
lang: Greenlandic
word: inimi qullersuaq
lang: Greenlandic
word: naneruuserfissuaq
lang: Gujarati
word: ઝુમ્મર
roman: jhummar
lang: Hebrew
word: נִבְרֶשֶׁת
roman: nivréshet
lang: Hindi
word: झाड़
roman: jhāṛ
lang: Hindi
word: झाड़-फ़ानूस
roman: jhāṛ-fānūs
lang: Hindi
word: झूमर
roman: jhūmar
lang: Hungarian
word: csillár
lang: Icelandic
word: ljósakróna
lang: Indonesian
word: kandelir
lang: Irish
word: crann solais
lang: Irish
word: coinnleoir craobhach
lang: Italian
word: lampadario
lang: Japanese
word: シャンデリア
roman: shanderia
lang: Kazakh
word: аспашам
roman: aspaşam
lang: Kazakh
word: люстра
roman: lüstra
lang: Korean
word: 샹들리에
roman: syangdeullie
lang: Kyrgyz
word: шамчырактын
roman: şamcıraktın
lang: Kyrgyz
word: люстра
roman: lyustra
lang: Kyrgyz
word: асмачырак
roman: asmacırak
lang: Kyrgyz
word: асмашам
roman: asmaşam
lang: Latvian
word: lustra
lang: Lithuanian
word: sietynas
lang: Lithuanian
word: liustra
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Lüster
lang: Macedonian
word: лустер
roman: luster
lang: Malay
word: candelier
lang: Malay
word: kandil
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: lysekrone
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: ljosekrone
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: lysekrone
lang: Occitan
word: lustre
lang: Persian
word: لوستِر
roman: luster
lang: Persian
word: نورافشان
roman: nurâfšân
lang: Persian
word: قَندیل
roman: qandil
lang: Polish
word: żyrandol
lang: Portuguese
word: lustre
lang: Romanian
word: candelabru
lang: Romanian
word: lustră
lang: Romansh
word: candelaber
lang: Romansh
word: lampadari
lang: Russian
word: лю́стра
roman: ljústra
lang: Samoan
word: moli tautau
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: лу̀стер
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: светилник
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: lùster
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: svetilnik
lang: Silesian
word: krůnlojter
lang: Silesian
word: krōnlojter
lang: Slovak
word: luster
lang: Slovene
word: lestenec
lang: Spanish
word: araña de luces
lang: Spanish
word: lámpara de araña
lang: Spanish
word: candil
lang: Swahili
word: thurea
lang: Swedish
word: ljuskrona
lang: Swedish
word: takkrona
lang: Swedish
word: kristallkrona
lang: Tagalog
word: aranya
lang: Tajik
word: лустер
roman: luster
lang: Tajik
word: қандил
roman: qandil
lang: Tajik
word: чилчароғ
roman: čilčaroġ
lang: Thai
word: โคมระย้า
roman: koom-rá-yáa
lang: Turkish
word: avize
lang: Turkish
word: şandölye
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: آویزه
roman: avize
lang: Turkmen
word: lýustra
lang: Ukrainian
word: лю́стра
roman: ljústra
lang: Ukrainian
word: жирандо́ль
roman: žyrandólʹ
lang: Urdu
word: جھاڑ
roman: jhāṛ
lang: Urdu
word: فانوس
roman: fānūs
lang: Uyghur
word: ئاسما چىراغ
roman: asma chiragh
lang: Uyghur
word: ئاسما چىراق
roman: asma chiraq
lang: Uzbek
word: lyustra
lang: Uzbek
word: qandil
lang: Uzbek
word: chilchiroq
lang: Vietnamese
word: đèn treo
lang: Vietnamese
word: đèn chùm
lang: Welsh
word: canhwyllyr
lang: Welsh
word: siandelïer
lang: Welsh
word: siandelïers
lang: Yiddish
word: בליצלאָמפּ
roman: blitslomp
lang: Yiddish
word: לוסטרע
roman: lustre
lang: Yiddish
word: שאַנדאָליער
roman: shandolyer
lang: Yiddish
word: שענדעליר
roman: shendelir
lang: Yiddish
word: זשיראַנדאָל
roman: zhirandol
lang: Yiddish
word: הענגלײַכטער
roman: henglaykhter