chandelier wiktionary

Wikipedia has an article on: Two chandeliers, stacked with fascines. (The image is cut off, there is an unseen third chandelier to the left.) From French, from Latin candelabrum, from candela ‎(“a candle”); Albanian: llambadar (sq) m Arabic: ثُرَيَّا f ‎(), نَجَفَة f ‎() Egyptian Arabic: نجفة f ‎(), نجف pl ‎() Hijazi Arabic: نجفة f ‎(). Armenian: ջահ (hy) ‎(), () լյուստրա ‎() Azeri: çilçıraq (az) Belarusian: люстра f ‎(), жырандоль m ‎() () Bulgarian: полилей ( Chinese: Mandarin: 吊燈 (zh), 吊灯 (zh) ‎() Czech: lustr m Danish: lysekrone c Dutch: kroonluchter m, luster (nl) m () Esperanto: lustro Estonian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kattokruunu (fi) French: lustre (fr) m Georgian: ჭაღი (ka) ‎() German: Kronleuchter m Greek: πολυέλαιο
ς (el) m ‎() Hindi: झाड़ (hi) m ‎() Hungarian: csillár (hu) Italian: candelabro (it) m Japanese: シャンデリア ‎() Korean: 샹들리에 ‎() Latvian: lustra (lv) f Lithuanian: please add this translachandelier gleitschirmtion if you can Malay: cadale chihuly chandelier price lysekrone m, f Nynorsk: ljosekronechandelier isambourg f, lysekrone f Persian: لوستر (fa) ‎() Polish: żyrandol (pl) m Portuguese: lustre (pt) m Romanian: candelabru (ro) n Russian: лю́стра (ru) f ‎() ер m, светилник m Roman: luster (sh) m, svetilnik m Siles Slovak: luster m Slovene: lestenec (sl) m Spanish: ar
aña de luces (es) Swedish: ljuskrona c, takkrona c Urdu: جھاڑ m ‎()đèn treo, đèn chùm Yiddish: בליצלאָמפּ m ‎(), לוסטרע f ‎(), שאַנדאָליער m ‎() (), שענדעליר m ‎() From Latin candēlābrum, with a change in suffix. Doublet of candélabre. chandelle +‎ -ier, or from Medieval Latin candelārius. Compare Catalan candeler, Italian cand Un chandelier à trois branches en bronze. chandelier figure dans les recueils de vocabulaire en français ayant pour thème : pertuis, pénis, magie. Tout ou partie de cet article est extrait du Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, huitième édition, 1932-1935 (chandelier), mais l’article a pu être modifié depuis. люстра ◆ Не указан пример употребления (см. ). канделябр ◆ Не указан пример употребления (см. ). паникадило ◆ Не указан пример употребления (см. ).
candela «свеча», от гл. candere «блистать, сиять», далее из праиндоевр. candle — из ад.-англ. candel (раннее церковное заимств. из лат.). Использованы материалы Online Etymology Dictionary Дугласа Харпера; леерная стойка ◆ Не указан пример употребления (см. ). человек, на которого обращают ревность мужа ◆ Не указан пример употребления (см. ). свечной мастер ◆ Не указан пример употребления (см. ). продавец, продавщица свечей ◆ Не указан пример употребления (см. ).chandelle — с 1119 г.( изначально в форме chandeile). Использованы материалы проекта TLF-Étym. Detailed Translations for from English to Spanish
Translation Matrix for : ; ; ; ; Related Words for "chandelier": Related Definitions for "chandelier": Wiktionary Translations for chandelier: de à des s. Wiktionary gives a third sense for chandelier:A portable frame used to support temporary wooden fences. I can find quite a lot of uses like this from 1800s and earlier, but I can't find any etymology besides the standard one which applies to lights/candles. Anyone know the connection? The OED confirms that 'chandelier', in its usual sense, is of modern etymology, precisely from the French. But the only alternative meaning it gives is the one below, which is not quite the same thing to which you refer. But if anyone has access to Stocqueler (Military Encyclopaedia) it may tell us. Perhaps the 'sappers' traverse doubled for use in supporting fences when the sapping was done. Mil. ‘A wooden frame, which was filled with fascines, to form a traverse in sapping’ (Stocqueler Mil. Encycl.), and cover the sappers.
1664 B. Gerbier Counsel to Builders (new ed.) i. sig. c6, To blow up Ditches, Estacades, and Chandeliers. 1704 London Gaz. No. 4082/3, They brought a great number of Chandeliers to cover their Workmen. 1860 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. VIII. lix. 294 Gabions and fascines and chandeliers for the redoubts.Browse other questions tagged etymology or ask your own question. An example of a chandelier earring is the dangling earring that would be worn by a belly dancer. chandelier-earring (plural chandelier earrings)A very long, ornate dangling earring, generally consisting of a tiered configuration of jewels and beads. How would you define chandelier-earring? Add your definition here. Words near chandelier-earring in the dictionary Create and save customized word lists. Sign up today and start improving your vocabulary!Panikadilo of Church of the Transfiguration in Tolyatti n. A branched, decorative lighting fixture that holds a number of bulbs or candles and is suspended from a ceiling.
n. A branched, often ornate, lighting fixture suspended from the ceiling n. A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction. Also called a wall. n. A candlestick, lamp, stand, gas fixture, or the like, having several branches; esp., one hanging from the ceiling. n. A movable parapet, serving to support fascines to cover pioneers. n. A branched cluster of lights suspended from a ceiling by means of a tubular rod (as is usual when gas is used), or by a chain or other device. n. In fortification, a movable parapet, serving to support fascines to cover pioneers. n. branched lighting fixture; hangs from the ceiling(American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition) They hung a plug-in chandelier from a hook in the ceiling, and created a soothing eating area away from the kitchen. Right now, the tampon chandelier is only soaking up the gazes of art lovers, and will continue to do so until the Belem Cultural Center exhibition ends, on May 18, 2010.