candelabra

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English

Noun

candelabra

plural of candelabrum

Noun

candelabra (plural candelabras)

(nonstandard) A single candelabrum.
- 2006, Richard R. Kennedy, Angel Queen: A Medieval Epic Fantasy, Lulu Publishers, →ISBN, page 230:
  […] his head was like a sturdy candelabra holding his eyes transfixed as hers sparked amber crystals for this man.

Derived terms

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kan.deːˈlaː.bra/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kan.deˈla.bra/,

Noun

candēlābra

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of candēlābrum

References

candelabra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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