cirio

Meaning

a long, thick wax candle, often used in religious ceremonies

Concepts

candle
🕯️

wax candle

boojum tree

cirio

vigil candle

vigil light

blessed candle

Synonyms

vela
🕯️
candela
🕯️
bujía
cigarro

árbol cirio

Hyphenated as
ci‧rio
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈθiɾjo/
Etymology

Inherited from Latin
cēreus
Cognate with French
French
cierge
Cognate with Italian
cero
Cognate with Portuguese
Portuguese
círio
In summary

Inherited from Latin cēreus (“of wax, waxen”) (compare French cierge, Italian cero, Portuguese círio), from cēra (“wax”). Doublet of céreo.

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