candelă

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See also: candela, candéla, and candéła

Romanian

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Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic канъдило (kanŭdilo) or Greek καντήλα (kantíla), κάνδηλα (kándila), from Latin candēla. Compare Bulgarian кандило (kandilo), Serbo-Croatian kàndilo, Aromanian cãndilã. Compare also Turkish kandil.

Noun

candelă f (plural candele)

  1. oil lamp
Declension
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative candelă candela candele candelele
genitive-dative candele candelei candele candelelor
vocative candelă, candelo candelelor

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French candela.

Noun

candelă f (plural candele)

  1. candela (SI unit of measurement of luminous intensity)
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