candle

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A light source consisting of a wick embedded in a solid, flammable substance such as wax, tallow, or paraffin.
2. The protruding, removable portion of a filter, particularly a water filter.
3. (obsolete) A unit of luminous intensity, now replaced by the SI unit candela.
4. A fast-growing, light-colored, upward-growing shoot on a pine tree in the spring. As growth slows in summer, the shoot darkens and is no longer conspicuous.

Verb

1. To observe the growth of an embryo inside (an egg), using a bright light source.
2. To dry (greenware) prior to the firing cycle, setting the kiln at 200° Celsius until all water is removed from the greenware.
3. To check (an item, such as an envelope) by holding it between a light source and the eye.

Conceptos

vela

candela

cirio

bujía

antorcha

bujia

cera

Parmentiera cerífera

palo de vela

árbol de velas

brasa

fuego

fuego para cocinar

fósforo

llama

lumbre

velador

cerillo

lamparilla

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈkændəl/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English candel, from Old English candel (“candle”), borrowed from Latin candēla (“candle”), from Latin candeō (“be white, bright, shining”, verb); see candid. Doublet of candela and chandelle.