chandelle
English
Noun
chandelle (plural chandelles)
- An aerobatic maneuver in which a 180° turn is combined with a climb.
- 1998, Michael Charles Love, Flight Maneuvers, page 190:
- The FAA terms a chandelle as a maximum fight performance maneuver. During the course of a chandelle the plane should gain the greatest amount of altitude possible for a given degree of bank, and without stalling.
Verb
chandelle (third-person singular simple present chandelles, present participle chandelling, simple past and past participle chandelled)
- To perform an aerobatic maneuver in which a 180° turn is combined with a climb.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French chandele, chandeile, chandoile, from Latin candēla (with a change of suffix to -elle, from Latin -ella). Doublet of candela.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃.dɛl/
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Noun
chandelle f (plural chandelles)
- a (tallow) candle
- (Canada) any candle
- candlelight
- (figurative) enlightenment
- a jack stand
- a chandelle
Usage notes
In Europe, common modern wax candles are usually referred to as bougie, with chandelle being less common except in idioms. In Canada, chandelle and bougie are both commonly used.
Derived terms
- brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts
- devoir une belle chandelle à Dieu
- devoir une belle chandelle à la Vierge
- devoir une fière chandelle
- dîner aux chandelles
- économies de bouts de chandelle
- le jeu n’en vaut pas la chandelle
- tenir la chandelle
- voir trente-six chandelles
Related terms
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: chandèl
- → Norman: chandelle
Further reading
- “chandelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Gallo
Etymology
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Middle French
Alternative forms
- chandaille, chandeille, chandoille
Etymology
From Old French chandoile, from Latin candēla.
References
- chandelle on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French chandelle, from Latin candēla. Displaced the native cognate candelle.
Pronunciation
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Derived terms
- changlyi (“candlestick”)