kandela

Ultimately from Latin candēla.

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• IPA^(key): /kandela/ [kãn̪.d̪e.la]
• Rhymes: -ela
• Hyphenation: kan‧de‧la

kandela inan

1. candle
2. candela

• izotz-kandela (“icicle”)

• "kandela" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
• “kandela” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

• kandila

Borrowed from Spanish candela.

• Hyphenation: kan‧de‧la
• IPA^(key): /kanˈdela/, [kan̪ˈd̪e.l̪a]

kandela

1. candle

   Synonym: esperma

kandela f

1. candela (unit of luminous intensity)

• kandela in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• kandela in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

From Latin candēla (“candle”). Doublet of küünal.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑnd̥elɑ/, [ˈkɑnd̥elɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑnd̥elɑ
• Hyphenation: kan‧de‧la

kandela (genitive kandela, partitive kandelat)

1. candela (SI unit; symbol: cd)

• kandela in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
• “kandela”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

Internationalism (see English candela), ultimately from Latin candēla. Doublet of kynttilä.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑndelɑ/, [ˈkɑ̝nde̞lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑndelɑ
• Syllabification^(key): kan‧de‧la

kandela

1. candela (SI unit)

   Synonym: cd

• “kandela”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒndɛlɒ]
• Hyphenation: kan‧de‧la
• Rhymes: -lɒ

kandela (plural kandelák)

1. candela (base unit of luminous intensity)

Learned borrowing from Latin candēla (literally “candle”).

• IPA^(key): /kan.ˈde.la/
• Rhymes: -la, -a
• Hyphenation: kan‧de‧la

kandela (first-person possessive kandelaku, second-person possessive kandelamu, third-person possessive kandelanya)

1. (optics) candela: In the International System of Units, the base unit of luminous intensity; the luminous intensity, in a given direction, of a source that emits monochromatic radiation of frequency 540 × 1012 hertz and that has a radiant intensity in that direction of 1/683 watt per steradian. Symbol: cd

• “kandela” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

From Latin candēla; compare Spanish candela.

kandela f (Latin spelling, plural kandelas)

1. candle
   • 2019, Silvyo OVADYA, “Hanukah Alegre”, in Şalom Gazetesi‎:

     Alhad la noche vamos a asender la primera kandela de muestras Hanukiyas.

     Sunday night we're going to light the first candle on our Hanukiyas.

kandela f (4th declension)

1. candela
2. candlepower

kandela

1. candle

From Spanish candela.

kandela

1. fire

Learned borrowing from Latin candēla.

• IPA^(key): /kanˈdɛ.la/

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• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Syllabification: kan‧de‧la

kandela f

1. candela (unit of luminous intensity)

• kandela in Polish dictionaries at PWN