chandelier

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Etymology

Borrowed from French chandelier, from Latin candelabrum, from candela (“a candle”). Doublet of candelabrum. See also candle.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌʃæn.dəˈlɪə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌʃæn.dəˈlɪɚ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

chandelier (plural chandeliers)

1. A branched, often ornate, light fixture suspended from a ceiling.

   Hyponyms: electrolier, gasalier, gasolier

   • 1929, M. Barnard Eldershaw, chapter VII, in A House Is Built, section vi:

     She opened the drawing-room door in trepidation. Would she find Esther drowned with her head in the goldfish bowl, or hanged from the chandelier by her stay-lace?

   1. (originally, specifically) One lit by candles.
2. (auction, often attributive) A fictional bidder used to increase the price at an auction.

   Synonym: wall

   • 2007, Frank Pope, "Dragon Sea: a true tale of treasure, archeology, and greed off the coast of Vietnam", Harcourt Books, p. 306.

     A mysterious phone bidder was grabbing the pieces that no one else wanted—Mensun suspected this was the auction house "bidding against the chandelier," protecting itself against selling too low.

   • 2010, Don Thompson, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark, Aurum Press Limited, →ISBN:

     The bids are usually real but can be fake or ‘chandelier’ bids (non-existing bids taken ‘off the chandelier’) on behalf of the consignor, or bids left with the auctioneer in advance.

3. (surgery) An endoilluminator used in eye surgery.
4. (obsolete, military) A portable frame used to support temporary wooden fences.
   • [1747, James Boswell, The Scots Book, volume IX, page 37:

     Chandelier. A wooden frame, whereon are laid fascines or faggots, to cover the workmen in making approaches.]

   • 1994, Todd A. Shallat, Structures in the Stream: Water, Science, and the Rise of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, University of Texas Press, page 32:

     Europeans solved this problem by building a temporary fence with tightly bound sticks ("fascines") stacked into wooden frames ("chandeliers").

Derived terms

• chandelier bid
• chandelier bidding
• chandelier earring
• chandeliered
• chandelier exit
• chandelierlike
• chandelier plant
• chandelier stop
• electrolier
• gasalier, gasolier
• not the brightest bulb in the chandelier

Related terms

• candela
• candelabrum
• candid
• candidate
• candle
• candlepower
• candlestick
• chandler
• chandlery
• lustre
• sconce

Translations

branched, often ornate, lighting fixture suspended from the ceiling

Albanian: llambadar (sq) m Arabic: ثُرَيَّا f (ṯurayyā), نَجَفَة f (najafa) Egyptian Arabic: نجفة f (nagafa) Hijazi Arabic: نجفة f (najafa) Moroccan Arabic: ترية f (triyya) Armenian: ջահ (hy) (ǰah), (colloquial) լյուստրա (hy) (lyustra) Azerbaijani: çilçıraq (az) Basque: argi-armiarma Belarusian: лю́стра f (ljústra), жырандо́ль f (žyrandólʹ) (with candles), жырандо́ля f (žyrandólja) Bengali: ঝাড়বাতি (jhaṛbati) Bulgarian: полиле́й (bg) m (poliléj) Burmese: မီးပဒေသာ (my) (mi:pa.desa) Catalan: aranya (ca) f Chinese: Cantonese: 吊燈 / 吊灯 (diu3 dang1) Mandarin: 吊燈 / 吊灯 (zh) (diàodēng) Coptic: (please verify) ⲗⲁϧⲏⲃⲥ (laxēbs) Czech: lustr (cs) m Danish: lysekrone c Dutch: kroonluchter (nl) m, luster (nl) m (Belgium) Elfdalian: liuoskraungen f, liuoskruon f Esperanto: lustro (eo) Estonian: kroonlühter, lühter Faroese: ljósakrúna f Finnish: kattokruunu (fi) French: lustre (fr) m Georgian: ჭაღი (ka) (č̣aɣi) German: Kronleuchter (de) m, Lüster (de) m (dated), Luster (de) m (Austria) Greek: πολυέλαιος (el) m (polyélaios) Greenlandic: inimi qullersuaq, naneruuserfissuaq Gujarati: ઝુમ્મર (jhummar) Hebrew: נִבְרֶשֶׁת (he) f (nivréshet) Hindi: झाड़ (hi) m (jhāṛ), झाड़-फ़ानूस m (jhāṛ-fānūs), झूमर (hi) m (jhūmar) Hungarian: csillár (hu) Icelandic: ljósakróna (is) f Indonesian: kandelir (id) Irish: crann solais m, coinnleoir craobhach m Italian: lampadario (it) m Japanese: シャンデリア (ja) (shanderia) Kazakh: аспашам (aspaşam), люстра (lüstra) Korean: 샹들리에 (syangdeullie) Kyrgyz: шамчырактын (şamcıraktın), люстра (lyustra), асмачырак (asmacırak), асмашам (asmaşam) Latvian: lustra (lv) f Lithuanian: sietynas m, liustra f Luxembourgish: Lüster Macedonian: лустер m (luster) Malay: candelier, kandil Norwegian: Bokmål: lysekrone m or f Nynorsk: ljosekrone f, lysekrone f Occitan: lustre (oc) m Persian: لوستِر (fa) (luster), نورافشان (fa) (nurâfšân), قَندیل (fa) (qandil) (dated) Polish: żyrandol (pl) m Portuguese: lustre (pt) m Romanian: candelabru (ro) n, lustră (ro) f Romansch: candelaber m, lampadari m Russian: лю́стра (ru) f (ljústra) Samoan: moli tautau Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: лу̀стер m, светилник m Roman: lùster (sh) m, svetilnik m Silesian: krůnlojter m, krōnlojter m Slovak: luster m Slovene: lestenec (sl) m Spanish: araña de luces (es), lámpara de araña f, candil (es) m Swahili: thurea Swedish: ljuskrona c, takkrona (sv) c, kristallkrona (sv) c Tagalog: aranya Tajik: лустер (tg) (luster), қандил (qandil), чилчароғ (čilčaroġ) Telugu: please add this translation if you can Thai: โคมระย้า (koom-rá-yáa) Turkish: avize (tr), şandölye Turkmen: lýustra Ukrainian: лю́стра f (ljústra), жирандо́ль f (žyrandólʹ) Urdu: جھاڑ m (jhāṛ), فانوس m (fānūs) Uyghur: ئاسما چىراغ (asma chiragh), ئاسما چىراق (asma chiraq) Uzbek: lyustra (uz), qandil (uz), chilchiroq (uz) Vietnamese: đèn treo, đèn chùm Welsh: canhwyllyr m, siandelïer f, siandelïers f pl Yiddish: בליצלאָמפּ m (blitslomp), לוסטרע f (lustre), שאַנדאָליער m (shandolyer) (rare), שענדעליר m (shendelir), זשיראַנדאָל m (zhirandol), הענגלײַכטער m (henglaykhter)

Further reading

• “chandelier”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “chandelier”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑ̃.də.lje/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin candēlābrum, with a change in suffix. Doublet of candélabre.

Noun

chandelier m (plural chandeliers)

1. candlestick
2. chandelier

Related terms

• chandelle

Etymology 2

From chandelle +‎ -ier, or from Medieval Latin candelārius. Compare Catalan candeler, Italian candelaio, Spanish candelero.

Noun

chandelier m (plural chandeliers)

1. candlemaker

Further reading

• “chandelier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.