Candle

//ˈkændl̩//

Synonyms for "candle" (125 found)

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Closest matches (25)

Noun(2 words)
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Strong matches (38)

Related words (62)

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More general

5 entries

Related terms

7 entries

at location

18 entries

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capable of

13 entries

derived

107 entries

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

has a

1 entries

has context

3 entries

is a

9 entries

manner of

1 entries

receives action

7 entries

related to

38 entries

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used for

32 entries

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Translations

257 translations across 186 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • ацәымза noun (a light source)

Acehnese

1 entries
  • lilén noun (a light source)

Afrikaans

1 entries
  • kers noun (a light source)

Albanian

1 entries
  • qiri noun (a light source)

Amharic

2 entries
  • ሻማ noun (a light source)
  • ቫማ noun (a light source)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • κηρίων noun (a light source)

Arabic

4 entries
  • شمع noun (a light source)
  • شَمْعَة noun (a light source)
  • شَمْعَة noun (a light source)
  • شَمْعَة noun (a light source)

Aragonese

2 entries
  • candela noun (a light source)
  • espelma noun (a light source)

Armenian

1 entries
  • մոմ noun (a light source)

Aromanian

4 entries
  • ayiucheri noun (a light source)
  • lumbardã noun (a light source)
  • luminare noun (a light source)
  • lunjinare noun (a light source)

Asturian

3 entries
  • candela noun (a light source)
  • mexana noun (a light source)
  • vela noun (a light source)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • mum noun (a light source)
  • şam noun (a light source)

Baluchi

1 entries
  • کنڈل noun (a light source)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • май шәм noun (a light source)
  • шәм noun (a light source)

Basque

1 entries
  • kandela noun (a light source)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • све́чка noun (a light source)

Bengali

2 entries
  • মোমবাতি noun (a light source)
  • শামা noun (a light source)

Bhojpuri

1 entries
  • 𑂧𑂷𑂧𑂥𑂞𑂹𑂞𑂲 noun (a light source)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • kandila noun (a light source)

Bouyei

2 entries
  • sancxugt noun (a light source)
  • xugt noun (a light source)

Breton

2 entries
  • boujienn noun (a light source)
  • kantol noun (a light source)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • свещ noun (a light source)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဖယောင်းတိုင် noun (a light source)

Burushaski

1 entries
  • شمع noun (a light source)

Catalan

2 entries
  • candela noun (a light source)
  • espelma noun (a light source)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • kandila noun (a light source)

Chamicuro

1 entries
  • kajchi noun (a light source)

Chechen

1 entries
  • чӏурам noun (a light source)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • kandulo noun (a light source)

Chinese

2 entries
  • ла noun (a light source)
  • 蠟燭 /蜡烛 noun (a light source)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 蠟燭 /蜡烛 noun (a light source)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 燭 /烛 noun (a light source)
  • 蠟 /蜡 noun (a light source)
  • 蠟燭 /蜡烛 noun (a light source)

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • свѣшта noun (a light source)

Classical Nahuatl

1 entries
  • xīcohcuitlaocōtl noun (a light source)

Coptic

1 entries
  • ⲙⲟⲩⲗϩ noun (a light source)

Cornish

1 entries
  • kantol noun (a light source)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries
  • çıraq noun (a light source)

Czech

2 entries
  • svíce noun (a light source)
  • svíčka noun (a light source)

Danish

2 entries
  • lys noun (a light source)
  • stearinlys noun (a light source)

Dari

1 entries
  • شَمْع noun (a light source)

Dhivehi

1 entries
  • އުއްބައްތި noun (a light source)

Dutch

1 entries
  • kaars noun (a light source)

Eastern Lawa

1 entries
  • ตี-เอิน noun (a light source)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 燭 /烛 noun (a light source)

Erzya

1 entries
  • штатол noun (a light source)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • kandelo noun (a light source)

Estonian

1 entries
  • küünal noun (a light source)

Faroese

2 entries
  • kerta noun (a light source)
  • kertiljós noun (a light source)

Finnish

1 entries
  • kynttilä noun (a light source)

French

2 entries
  • bougie noun (a light source)
  • chandelle noun (a light source)

Friulian

2 entries
  • cjandele noun (a light source)
  • čhandele noun (a light source)

Galician

1 entries
  • candea noun (a light source)

Georgian

1 entries
  • სანთელი noun (a light source)

German

1 entries
  • Kerze noun (a light source)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌽 noun (a light source)

Greek

1 entries
  • κερί noun (a light source)

Greenlandic

1 entries
  • naneruut noun (a light source)

Gujarati

1 entries
  • મીણબત્તી noun (a light source)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 蠟燭 /蜡烛 noun (a light source)

Hausa

1 entries
  • kyándìr̃ noun (a light source)

Hawaiian

1 entries
  • ihoiho noun (a light source)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • נֵר noun (a light source)

Hindi

2 entries
  • मोमबत्ती noun (a light source)
  • शमा noun (a light source)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • gyertya noun (a light source)

Hunsrik

1 entries
  • Kerz noun (a light source)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • kerti noun (a light source)

Ido

2 entries
  • bujio noun (a light source)
  • kandelo noun (a light source)

Inari Sami

1 entries
  • kiintâl noun (a light source)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • lilin noun (a light source)

Ingrian

2 entries
  • kyntteli noun (a light source)
  • toohus noun (a light source)

Ingush

1 entries
  • кӏерам noun (a light source)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • شَمْع noun (a light source)

Irish

1 entries
  • coinneal noun (a light source)

Isthmus Zapotec

1 entries
  • guiʼriʼ noun (a light source)

Italian

1 entries
  • candela noun (a light source)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 蝋燭 noun (a light source)

Javanese

1 entries
  • lilin noun (a light source)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • ла noun (a light source)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಮೋಂಬತ್ತಿ noun (a light source)

Karakalpak

1 entries
  • sham noun (a light source)

Kashubian

1 entries
  • swiéca noun (a light source)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • май шам noun (a light source)
  • шам noun (a light source)

Ket

1 entries
  • dikkit noun (a light source)

Khiamniungan Naga

1 entries
  • yàptsûa noun (a light source)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ទៀន noun (a light source)

Kildin Sami

1 entries
  • тӯвас noun (a light source)

Korean

4 entries
  • 납촉 noun (a light source)
  • 랍촉 noun (a light source)
  • 양초 noun (a light source)
  • 초 noun (a light source)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • шам noun (a light source)

Lao

1 entries
  • ທຽນ noun (a light source)

Latin

1 entries
  • candēla noun (a light source)

Latvian

1 entries
  • svece noun (a light source)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • candeja noun (a light source)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • žvakė noun (a light source)

Livonian

1 entries
  • kīņḑõl noun (a light source)

Lombard

2 entries
  • candela noun (a light source)
  • candila noun (a light source)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries
  • swěcka noun (a light source)

Luxembourgish

2 entries
  • Bougie noun (a light source)
  • Käerz noun (a light source)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • све́ќа noun (a light source)

Magahi

1 entries
  • 𑂧𑂷𑂧𑂥𑂞𑂹𑂞𑂲 noun (a light source)

Maguindanao

1 entries
  • ransuk noun (a light source)

Malagasy

1 entries
  • labozia noun (a light source)

Malay

1 entries
  • lilin noun (a light source)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • മെഴുകുതിരി noun (a light source)

Maltese

1 entries
  • xemgħa noun (a light source)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᠠᠶᠠᠨ ᡩᡝᠩᠵᠠᠨ noun (a light source)

Manx

1 entries
  • cainle noun (a light source)

Maranao

1 entries
  • ransok noun (a light source)

Marathi

1 entries
  • मेणबत्ती noun (a light source)

Middle French

1 entries
  • chandelle noun (a light source)

Minangkabau

1 entries
  • lilin noun (a light source)

Moksha

1 entries
  • штатол noun (a light source)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • лаа noun (a light source)
  • ᠯᠠ noun (a light source)

Nanai

1 entries
  • ла noun (a light source)

Navajo

2 entries
  • akʼah diltłiʼí noun (a light source)
  • akʼahkǫʼ níyizígíí noun (a light source)

Neapolitan

1 entries
  • ceroggeno noun (a light source)

Nihali

1 entries
  • मुम्बत्ति noun (a light source)

Norman

1 entries
  • caundèle noun (a light source)

Northern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 蠟燭 /蜡烛 noun (a light source)

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • ginttal noun (a light source)

Northern Thai

1 entries
  • ᨴ᩠ᨿᩁ noun (a light source)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • lys noun (a light source)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • levende lys noun (a light source)
  • stearinlys noun (a light source)
  • vokslys noun (a light source)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • stearinlys noun (a light source)
  • vokslys noun (a light source)

Occitan

1 entries
  • candèla noun (a light source)

Odia

1 entries
  • ବତି noun (a light source)

Old East Slavic

1 entries
  • свѣча noun (a light source)

Old English

1 entries
  • candel noun (a light source)

Old French

1 entries
  • chandoile noun (a light source)

Oromo

1 entries
  • dungoo noun (a light source)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • цырагъ noun (a light source)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • شمع noun (a light source)
  • موم noun (a light source)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • швичка noun (a light source)

Pashto

1 entries
  • شمعه noun (a light source)

Piedmontese

1 entries
  • candèila noun (a light source)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Taulchlicht noun (a light source)

Polabian

1 entries
  • swecja noun (a light source)

Polish

3 entries
  • gromnica noun (a light source)
  • świeca noun (a light source)
  • świeczka noun (a light source)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • vela noun (a light source)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਮੋਮਬੱਤੀ noun (a light source)

Quechua

1 entries
  • wila noun (a light source)

Rohingya

1 entries
  • mumbatti noun (a light source)

Romagnol

1 entries
  • candēla noun (a light source)

Romani

1 entries
  • momeli noun (a light source)

Romanian

1 entries
  • lumânare noun (a light source)

Romansch

1 entries
  • chandaila noun (a light source)

Russian

2 entries
  • све́чка noun (a light source)
  • свеча́ noun (a light source)

Saho

1 entries
  • shimca noun (a light source)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • मधुजवर्ती noun (a light source)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • lojànica noun (a light source)
  • svijéća noun (a light source)
  • svéća noun (a light source)
  • voštànica noun (a light source)

Sinhalese

3 entries
  • ඉටිපන්දම noun (a light source)
  • ඉටිපන්දම noun (a light source)
  • විලක්කුව noun (a light source)

Slovak

2 entries
  • svieca noun (a light source)
  • sviečka noun (a light source)

Slovene

1 entries
  • sveča noun (a light source)

Somali

1 entries
  • shumac noun (a light source)

Spanish

4 entries
  • blandón noun (a light source)
  • candela noun (a light source)
  • cerilla noun (a light source)
  • cerillo noun (a light source)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries
  • kandra noun (a light source)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mshumaa noun (a light source)

Swedish

2 entries
  • ljus noun (a light source)
  • stearinljus noun (a light source)

Tabasaran

1 entries
  • шам noun (a light source)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • kandila noun (a light source)
  • sasang noun (a light source)

Tajik

1 entries
  • шамъ noun (a light source)

Tamil

2 entries
  • மெழுகுதிரி noun (a light source)
  • மெழுகுவர்த்தி noun (a light source)

Tatar

1 entries
  • шәм noun (a light source)

Tausug

1 entries
  • lansuk noun (a light source)

Telugu

1 entries
  • కొవ్వొత్తి noun (a light source)

Thai

1 entries
  • เทียน noun (a light source)

Tibetan

2 entries
  • ཚིལ་བཞུ noun (a light source)
  • ཡང་ལཱ noun (a light source)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ሽምዓ noun (a light source)

Tongan

1 entries
  • teʻelango noun (a light source)

Turkish

1 entries
  • mum noun (a light source)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • şem noun (a light source)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • сві́чка noun (a light source)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • swěčka noun (a light source)

Urdu

2 entries
  • شَمْع noun (a light source)
  • موم بَتّی noun (a light source)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • شام noun (a light source)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • sham noun (a light source)
  • shamchiroq noun (a light source)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • nến noun (a light source)
  • đèn cầy noun (a light source)

Volapük

1 entries
  • kandel noun (a light source)

Votic

1 entries
  • tohuz noun (a light source)

Welsh

1 entries
  • cannwyll noun (a light source)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 蠟燭 /蜡烛 noun (a light source)

Yakan

1 entries
  • lansuk noun (a light source)

Yakut

1 entries
  • чүмэчи noun (a light source)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • ליכט noun (a light source)

Yucatec Maya

1 entries
  • k'aak' che' noun (a light source)

Zhuang

2 entries
  • lab noun (a light source)
  • labcuk noun (a light source)

Zulu

1 entries
  • ikhandlela noun (a light source)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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Put out the candle. The blackout is over.

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The candle has gone out.

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The candle was blown out by the wind.

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The candle went out instead of having been put out.

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