candelă

Română

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candelă^¹

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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 candele · candelă · candela · candelele

feminine oil lamp

candelă^²

noun candele · candilă

feminine candela (SI unit of measurement of luminous intensity)

In English

candela unit of luminous intensity
oil lamp a simple vessel used to produce light

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@misc{candela_2026,
  title = {candelă},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/candel%C4%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}