English Explanatory Dictionary

menorah

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A holy candelabrum with seven branches used in the Temple of Jerusalem.
  2. A candelabrum with nine branches, used in Jewish worship on Hanukkah.

Pronunciation

/mɪˈnɔːɹə/ en-us-menorah.ogg

Word forms

menorah menoroth menorot menorahs menora

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew מְנוֹרָה (m'norá). From the same Proto-Semitic root *nūr- (“light”) as minaret.

Synonyms

hanukkiah

Translations

Arabic: مَنَارَة Arabic: مِنُورَة Arabic: الشَّمْعَدَان السَّبَاعِيّ Arabic: مِينُورَاه Catalan: menorà Chinese Mandarin: 猶太教燈臺 /犹太教灯台 Dutch: menora Esperanto: menoro Esperanto: menorao Finnish: menora German: Menora Greek: επτάφωτος λυχνία Hebrew: מְנוֹרָה Hungarian: menóra Indonesian: menorah Italian: menorah Japanese: メノーラー Korean: 메노라 Ladino: menora Lithuanian: menora Macedonian: мено́ра Malay: menorah Norwegian Bokmål: menora Norwegian Nynorsk: menora Polish: menora Portuguese: menorá Russian: мено́ра Serbo-Croatian: менора Serbo-Croatian: menora Sinhalese: මෙනොරා Spanish: menora Spanish: menorá Swedish: menora Tamil: மெனொரா Telugu: మెనొరా Turkish: menora Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎐𐎗𐎚 Ukrainian: менора́ Yiddish: מנורה
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