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candelă.

oil lamp

7 characters3 syllables approx.Română language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. oil lamp

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic канъдило (kanŭdilo) or Greek καντήλα (kantíla), κάνδηλα (kándila), from Latin candēla. Compare Bulgarian кандило (kandilo), Serbo-Croatian kàndilo, Aromanian cãndilã. Compare also Turkish kandil.

noun

  1. candela (SI unit of measurement of luminous intensity)

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French candela.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.