English Explanatory Dictionary

chandelier

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A branched, often ornate, light fixture suspended from a ceiling.
  2. One lit by candles.
  3. A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction.
  4. An endoilluminator used in eye surgery.
  5. A portable frame used to support temporary wooden fences.

Pronunciation

/ˌʃæn.dəˈlɪə(ɹ)/ /ˌʃæn.dəˈlɪɚ/ en-us-chandelier.ogg

Word forms

chandelier chandeliers

Etymology

Borrowed from French chandelier, from Latin candelabrum, from candela (“a candle”). Doublet of candelabrum. See also candle.

Synonyms

wall

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 gasalier gasolier not the brightest bulb in the chandelier

Translations

Albanian: llambadar Arabic: ثُرَيَّا Arabic: نَجَفَة Arabic: نجفة Arabic: ثريا Arabic: ثرية Arabic: ترية Armenian: ջահ Armenian: լյուստրա Azerbaijani: çilçıraq Basque: argi-armiarma Belarusian: лю́стра Belarusian: жырандо́ль Belarusian: жырандо́ля Bengali: ঝাড়বাতি Bulgarian: полиле́й Burmese: မီးပဒေသာ Catalan: aranya Chinese Cantonese: 吊燈 /吊灯 Chinese Mandarin: 吊燈 /吊灯 Czech: lustr Danish: lysekrone Dutch: kroonluchter Dutch: luster Elfdalian: liuoskraungen Elfdalian: liuoskruon Esperanto: lustro Estonian: kroonlühter Estonian: lühter Faroese: ljósakrúna Finnish: kattokruunu French: lustre Georgian: ჭაღი German: Kronleuchter German: Lüster German: Luster Greek: πολυέλαιος Greenlandic: inimi qullersuaq Greenlandic: naneruuserfissuaq Gujarati: ઝુમ્મર Hebrew: נִבְרֶשֶׁת Hindi: झाड़ Hindi: झाड़-फ़ानूस Hindi: झूमर Hungarian: csillár Icelandic: ljósakróna Indonesian: kandelir Irish: crann solais Irish: coinnleoir craobhach Italian: lampadario Japanese: シャンデリア Kazakh: аспашам Kazakh: люстра Korean: 샹들리에 Kyrgyz: шамчырактын Kyrgyz: люстра Kyrgyz: асмачырак Kyrgyz: асмашам Latvian: lustra Lithuanian: sietynas Lithuanian: liustra Luxembourgish: Lüster
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