candelabrum

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from Latin candēlābrum (“candlestick”), from candēla. Doublet of chandelier. Displaced native Old English candeltrēow (literally “candle tree”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Received Pronunciation) /kændɪˈlɑːbɹəm/ IPA(key): /kændɪˈleɪbɹəm/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌkæn.dl̩ˈɑ.bɹəm/, /ˌkæn.dl̩ˈæ.bɹəm/ Hyphenation: can‧de‧la‧brum === Noun === candelabrum (plural candelabra or (very rare) candelabrums) A candle holder with branches to hold more than one candle. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === == Latin == === Alternative forms === candēlāber candēlābrus === Etymology === From candēla (“candle”) + -brum. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kan.deːˈɫaː.brũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kan.deˈlaː.brum] === Noun === candēlābrum n (genitive candēlābrī); second declension branched candlestick; chandelier, candelabrum, lampstand ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Derived terms ==== candēlābrārius ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === “candelabrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “candelabrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “candelabrum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “candelabrum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “candelabrum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin