Candle
//ˈkændl̩//
Translations of "candle" (186 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhaz | ацәымза(a light source) | acʷəmza | |
| Acehnese | lilén(a light source) | — | |
| Afrikaans | kers(a light source) | — | |
| Albanian | qiri(a light source) | — | |
| Amharic | ሻማ(a light source), ቫማ(a light source) | šama, vama | |
| Ancient Greek | κηρίων(a light source) | kēríōn | |
| Arabic | شمع(a light source), شَمْعَة(a light source), شَمْعَة(a light source), شَمْعَة(a light source), قِنْدِيل(a light source) | šamʕa, šamʕa, šamʕa, qindīl | |
| Aragonese | candela(a light source), espelma(a light source) | — | |
| Armenian | մոմ(a light source) | mom | |
| Aromanian | ayiucheri(a light source), lumbardã(a light source), luminare(a light source), lunjinare(a light source) | — | |
| Asturian | candela(a light source), mexana(a light source), vela(a light source) | — | |
| Azerbaijani | mum(a light source), şam(a light source) | — | |
| Baluchi | کنڈل(a light source) | — | |
| Bashkir | май шәм(a light source), шәм(a light source) | may şəm, şəm | |
| Basque | kandela(a light source) | — | |
| Belarusian | све́чка(a light source) | svjéčka | |
| Bengali | মোমবাতি(a light source), শামা(a light source) | mōmbati, śama | |
| Bhojpuri | 𑂧𑂷𑂧𑂥𑂞𑂹𑂞𑂲(a light source) | mombattī | |
| Bikol Central | kandila(a light source) | — | |
| Bouyei | sancxugt(a light source), xugt(a light source) | — | |
| Breton | boujienn(a light source), kantol(a light source) | — | |
| Bulgarian | свещ(a light source) | svešt | |
| Burmese | ဖယောင်းတိုင်(a light source) | hpa.yaung:tuing | |
| Burushaski | شمع(a light source) | — | |
| Catalan | candela(a light source), espelma(a light source) | — | |
| Cebuano | kandila(a light source) | — | |
| Chamicuro | kajchi(a light source) | — | |
| Chechen | чӏурам(a light source) | čʼuram | |
| Chichewa | kandulo(a light source) | — | |
| Chinese | ла(a light source), 蠟燭 /蜡烛(a light source) | la, zh-min-nan | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 蠟燭 /蜡烛(a light source) | laap⁶ zuk¹ | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 燭 /烛(a light source), 蠟 /蜡(a light source), 蠟燭 /蜡烛(a light source) | zhú, là, làzhú | |
| Church Slavic | свѣшта(a light source) | svěšta | |
| Classical Nahuatl | xīcohcuitlaocōtl(a light source) | — | |
| Coptic | ⲙⲟⲩⲗϩ(a light source) | moulh | |
| Cornish | kantol(a light source) | — | |
| Crimean Tatar | çıraq(a light source) | — | |
| Czech | svíce(a light source), svíčka(a light source) | — | |
| Danish | lys(a light source), stearinlys(a light source) | — | |
| Dari | شَمْع(a light source) | šam' | |
| Dhivehi | އުއްބައްތި(a light source) | ubbatti | |
| Dutch | kaars(a light source) | — | |
| Eastern Lawa | ตี-เอิน(a light source) | — | |
| Eastern Min Chinese | 燭 /烛(a light source) | ciók | |
| Erzya | штатол(a light source) | štatol | |
| Esperanto | kandelo(a light source) | — | |
| Estonian | küünal(a light source) | — | |
| Faroese | kerta(a light source), kertiljós(a light source) | — | |
| Finnish | kynttilä(a light source) | — | |
| French | bougie(a light source), chandelle(a light source) | — | |
| Friulian | cjandele(a light source), čhandele(a light source) | — | |
| Galician | candea(a light source) | — | |
| Georgian | სანთელი(a light source) | santeli | |
| German | Kerze(a light source) | — | |
| Gothic | 𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌽(a light source) | lukarn | |
| Greek | κερί(a light source) | kerí | |
| Greenlandic | naneruut(a light source) | — | |
| Gujarati | મીણબત્તી(a light source) | mīṇbattī | |
| Hakka Chinese | 蠟燭 /蜡烛(a light source) | la̍p-chuk | |
| Hausa | kyándìr̃(a light source) | — | |
| Hawaiian | ihoiho(a light source) | — | |
| Hebrew | נֵר(a light source) | ner | |
| Hindi | मोमबत्ती(a light source), शमा(a light source) | mombattī, śamā | |
| Hungarian | gyertya(a light source) | — | |
| Hunsrik | Kerz(a light source) | — | |
| Icelandic | kerti(a light source) | — | |
| Ido | bujio(a light source), kandelo(a light source) | — | |
| Inari Sami | kiintâl(a light source) | — | |
| Indonesian | lilin(a light source) | — | |
| Ingrian | kyntteli(a light source), toohus(a light source) | — | |
| Ingush | кӏерам(a light source) | kʼeram | |
| Iranian Persian | شَمْع(a light source) | šam' | |
| Irish | coinneal(a light source) | — | |
| Isthmus Zapotec | guiʼriʼ(a light source) | — | |
| Italian | candela(a light source) | — | |
| Japanese | 蝋燭(a light source) | rōsoku | |
| Javanese | lilin(a light source) | — | |
| Kalmyk | ла(a light source) | la | |
| Kannada | ಮೋಂಬತ್ತಿ(a light source) | mōmbatti | |
| Karakalpak | sham(a light source) | — | |
| Kashubian | swiéca(a light source) | — | |
| Kazakh | май шам(a light source), шам(a light source) | mai şam, şam | |
| Ket | dikkit(a light source) | — | |
| Khiamniungan Naga | yàptsûa(a light source) | — | |
| Khmer | ទៀន(a light source) | tiən | |
| Kildin Sami | тӯвас(a light source) | tūvas | |
| Korean | 납촉(a light source), 랍촉(a light source), 양초(a light source), 초(a light source) | napchok, rapchok, yangcho, cho | |
| Kyrgyz | шам(a light source) | şam | |
| Lao | ທຽນ(a light source) | thīan | |
| Latin | candēla(a light source) | — | |
| Latvian | svece(a light source) | — | |
| Ligurian | candeja(a light source) | — | |
| Lithuanian | žvakė(a light source) | — | |
| Livonian | kīņḑõl(a light source) | — | |
| Lombard | candela(a light source), candila(a light source) | — | |
| Lower Sorbian | swěcka(a light source) | — | |
| Luxembourgish | Bougie(a light source), Käerz(a light source) | — | |
| Macedonian | све́ќа(a light source) | svéḱa | |
| Magahi | 𑂧𑂷𑂧𑂥𑂞𑂹𑂞𑂲(a light source) | mombattī | |
| Maguindanao | ransuk(a light source) | — | |
| Malagasy | labozia(a light source) | — | |
| Malay | lilin(a light source) | — | |
| Malayalam | മെഴുകുതിരി(a light source) | meḻukutiri | |
| Maltese | xemgħa(a light source) | — | |
| Manchu | ᠠᠶᠠᠨ ᡩᡝᠩᠵᠠᠨ(a light source) | ayan dengjan | |
| Manx | cainle(a light source) | — | |
| Maranao | ransok(a light source) | — | |
| Marathi | मेणबत्ती(a light source) | meṇbattī | |
| Middle French | chandelle(a light source) | — | |
| Minangkabau | lilin(a light source) | — | |
| Moksha | штатол(a light source) | štatol | |
| Mongolian | лаа(a light source), ᠯᠠ(a light source) | laa, la | |
| Nanai | ла(a light source) | la | |
| Navajo | akʼah diltłiʼí(a light source), akʼahkǫʼ níyizígíí(a light source) | — | |
| Neapolitan | ceroggeno(a light source) | — | |
| Nihali | मुम्बत्ति(a light source) | — | |
| Norman | caundèle(a light source) | — | |
| Northern Min Chinese | 蠟燭 /蜡烛(a light source) | là-cṳ̆ | |
| Northern Sami | ginttal(a light source) | — | |
| Northern Thai | ᨴ᩠ᨿᩁ(a light source) | tian | |
| Norwegian | lys(a light source) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | levende lys(a light source), stearinlys(a light source), vokslys(a light source) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | stearinlys(a light source), vokslys(a light source) | — | |
| Occitan | candèla(a light source) | — | |
| Odia | ବତି(a light source) | bati | |
| Old East Slavic | свѣча(a light source) | svěča | |
| Old English | candel(a light source) | — | |
| Old French | chandoile(a light source) | — | |
| Oromo | dungoo(a light source) | — | |
| Ossetian | цырагъ(a light source) | cyraǧ | |
| Ottoman Turkish | شمع(a light source), موم(a light source) | şemʿ, mum | |
| Pannonian Rusyn | швичка(a light source) | švička | |
| Pashto | شمعه(a light source) | šam'a | |
| Piedmontese | candèila(a light source) | — | |
| Plautdietsch | Taulchlicht(a light source) | — | |
| Polabian | swecja(a light source) | — | |
| Polish | gromnica(a light source), świeca(a light source), świeczka(a light source) | — | |
| Portuguese | vela(a light source) | — | |
| Punjabi | ਮੋਮਬੱਤੀ(a light source) | mombattī | |
| Quechua | wila(a light source) | — | |
| Rohingya | mumbatti(a light source) | — | |
| Romagnol | candēla(a light source) | — | |
| Romani | momeli(a light source) | — | |
| Romanian | lumânare(a light source) | — | |
| Romansch | chandaila(a light source) | — | |
| Russian | све́чка(a light source), свеча́(a light source) | svéčka, svečá | |
| Saho | shimca(a light source) | — | |
| Sanskrit | मधुजवर्ती(a light source) | madhujavartī | |
| Serbo-Croatian | lojànica(a light source), svijéća(a light source), svéća(a light source), voštànica(a light source), вошта̀ница(a light source), лоја̀ница(a light source), све́ћа(a light source), свије́ћа(a light source) | — | |
| Sinhalese | ඉටිපන්දම(a light source), ඉටිපන්දම(a light source), විලක්කුව(a light source) | iṭipandama, iṭipandama, wilakkuwa | |
| Slovak | svieca(a light source), sviečka(a light source) | — | |
| Slovene | sveča(a light source) | — | |
| Somali | shumac(a light source) | — | |
| Spanish | blandón(a light source), candela(a light source), cerilla(a light source), cerillo(a light source), cirio(a light source), espelma(a light source), hachote(a light source), hachón(a light source), vela(a light source), veladora (Mesoamerica)(a light source), velón(a light source) | — | |
| Sranan Tongo | kandra(a light source) | — | |
| Swahili | mshumaa(a light source) | — | |
| Swedish | ljus(a light source), stearinljus(a light source) | — | |
| Tabasaran | шам(a light source) | šam | |
| Tagalog | kandila(a light source), sasang(a light source) | — | |
| Tajik | шамъ(a light source) | šam' | |
| Tamil | மெழுகுதிரி(a light source), மெழுகுவர்த்தி(a light source) | meḻukutiri, meḻukuvartti | |
| Tatar | шәм(a light source) | şäm | |
| Tausug | lansuk(a light source) | — | |
| Telugu | కొవ్వొత్తి(a light source) | kovvotti | |
| Thai | เทียน(a light source) | tiian | |
| Tibetan | ཚིལ་བཞུ(a light source), ཡང་ལཱ(a light source) | tshil bzhu, yang lā | |
| Tigrinya | ሽምዓ(a light source) | šəmʿa | |
| Tongan | teʻelango(a light source) | — | |
| Turkish | mum(a light source) | — | |
| Turkmen | şem(a light source) | — | |
| Ukrainian | сві́чка(a light source) | svíčka | |
| Upper Sorbian | swěčka(a light source) | — | |
| Urdu | شَمْع(a light source), موم بَتّی(a light source) | śam', mom battī | |
| Uyghur | شام(a light source) | sham | |
| Uzbek | sham(a light source), shamchiroq(a light source) | — | |
| Vietnamese | nến(a light source), đèn cầy(a light source) | — | |
| Volapük | kandel(a light source) | — | |
| Votic | tohuz(a light source) | — | |
| Welsh | cannwyll(a light source) | — | |
| Wu Chinese | 蠟燭 /蜡烛(a light source) | ⁸laq-tsoq | |
| Yakan | lansuk(a light source) | — | |
| Yakut | чүмэчи(a light source) | čümeči | |
| Yiddish | ליכט(a light source) | likht | |
| Yucatec Maya | k'aak' che'(a light source) | — | |
| Zhuang | lab(a light source), labcuk(a light source) | — | |
| Zulu | ikhandlela(a light source) | — |
lilén
kers
qiri
candela, espelma
ayiucheri, lumbardã, luminare, lunjinare
candela, mexana, vela
mum, şam
کنڈل
kandela
kandila
sancxugt, xugt
boujienn, kantol
شمع
candela, espelma
kandila
kajchi
kandulo
xīcohcuitlaocōtl
kantol
çıraq
svíce, svíčka
lys, stearinlys
kaars
ตี-เอิน
kandelo
küünal
kerta, kertiljós
kynttilä
bougie, chandelle
cjandele, čhandele
candea
Kerze
naneruut
kyándìr̃
ihoiho
gyertya
Kerz
kerti
bujio, kandelo
kiintâl
lilin
kyntteli, toohus
coinneal
guiʼriʼ
candela
lilin
sham
swiéca
dikkit
yàptsûa
candēla
svece
candeja
žvakė
kīņḑõl
candela, candila
swěcka
Bougie, Käerz
ransuk
labozia
lilin
xemgħa
cainle
ransok
chandelle
lilin
akʼah diltłiʼí, akʼahkǫʼ níyizígíí
ceroggeno
मुम्बत्ति
caundèle
ginttal
lys
levende lys, stearinlys, vokslys
stearinlys, vokslys
candèla
candel
chandoile
dungoo
candèila
Taulchlicht
swecja
gromnica, świeca, świeczka
vela
wila
mumbatti
candēla
momeli
lumânare
chandaila
shimca
lojànica, svijéća, svéća, voštànica, вошта̀ница, лоја̀ница, све́ћа, свије́ћа
svieca, sviečka
sveča
shumac
blandón, candela, cerilla, cerillo, cirio, espelma, hachote, hachón, vela, veladora (Mesoamerica), velón
kandra
mshumaa
ljus, stearinljus
kandila, sasang
lansuk
teʻelango
mum
şem
swěčka
sham, shamchiroq
nến, đèn cầy
kandel
tohuz
cannwyll
lansuk
k'aak' che'
lab, labcuk
ikhandlela
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