candelabrum

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin candēlābrum (“candlestick”), from candēla^[1]. Doublet of chandelier.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kændɪˈlɑːbɹəm/^[1]
• IPA^(key): /kændɪˈleɪbɹəm/^[1]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkæn.dl̩ˈɑ.brəm/, /ˌkæn.dl̩ˈæ.brəm/
• Hyphenation: can‧de‧la‧brum

Noun

candelabrum (plural candelabra or candelabrums)

1. A candle holder.

References

Alternative forms

• candēlāber
• candēlābrus

Etymology

From candēla (“candle”) +‎ -brum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kan.deːˈlaː.brum/, [kan.deːˈɫaː.brũ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kan.deˈla.brum/, [kan.deˈlaː.brum]

Noun

candēlābrum n (genitive candēlābrī); second declension

1. A branched candlestick; chandelier, candelabrum, lampstand.

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