sconce

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.
2. A fixture for a light, which holds it and provides a screen against wind or against a naked flame or lightbulb.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To impose a fine, a forfeit, or a mulct.
2. During a meal or as part of a drinking game, to announce some (usually outrageous) deed such that anyone who has done it must drink; similar to I have never; commonly associated with crewdates; very similar to fining at Cambridge University.

Verb

to shut within a sconce; to imprison.

Concepts

bougeoir

redoute

chandelier

hangar

refuge

abri

abritons

asile

Synonymes

shelter

candlestick

bulwark

quick wits

quickness of wit

candle stick

screen

cap

casing

citadel

cote

cover

coverture

cowling

dugout

entrenchment

fastness

fortification

girandole

lamp-bracket

protect

protection

rampart

redoubt

refuge

safeguard

sense

shielding

stronghold

thawing

warming

wit

light fixture

bracket candlestick

ability

vallasion

aegis

asylum

bastion

blockhouse

buffer

candelabrum

Traductions

candelabro

riparo

Wandleuchter

Asyl

Lampe

οχύρωμα

Kerzenhalter

Zufluchtsort

Wandleuchte

καταφύγιο

απλίκα

κηροστάτης τοίχου

Zuflucht

προφυλάσσω

Hangar

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/skɒns/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: sconce

Appartenant à allemand: Schanze

In summary

From Middle English sconce, sconse (“candlestick or lantern (with screen)”), from Old French esconse (“lantern”), from Latin absconsus (“hidden”), perfect passive participle of abscondō (“hide”). Cognate with abscond.