candle

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English candel, from Old English candel (“candle”), borrowed from Latin candēla (“candle”), from Latin candeō (“be white, bright, shining”, verb); see candid. Doublet of candela and chandelle. === Pronunciation === (without æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈkæn.dəl/, [ˈcʰæn.dl̩] (æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈkeə̯n.dəl/, [ˈcʰeən.dl̩], /ˈkɛə̯n.dəl/, [ˈcʰɛən.dl̩] Rhymes: -ændəl Hyphenation: can‧dle === Noun === candle (plural candles) A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin. The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter. (obsolete) A unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela. (forestry) A fast-growing, light-colored, upward-growing shoot on a pine tree in the spring. As growth slows in summer, the shoot darkens and is no longer conspicuous. (Anglicanism, idiomatic) Indicates how high or low church something is by height on the candle. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Sranan Tongo: kandra → Chichewa: kandulo ==== Translations ==== === Verb === candle (third-person singular simple present candles, present participle candling, simple past and past participle candled) (embryology, transitive) To observe the growth of an embryo inside (an egg), using a bright light source. (pottery, transitive) To dry (greenware) prior to the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware. (transitive) To check (an item, such as an envelope) by holding it between a light source and the eye. === Further reading === “candle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “candle”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Declan, calend, lanced