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chandelier

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An elaborate chandelier
Two chandeliers, stacked with fascines. (The image is cut off, there is an unseen third chandelier to the left.)

Etymology

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Borrowed fromFrenchchandelier, fromLatincandelabrum, fromcandela(“a candle”).Doublet ofcandelabrum. See alsocandle.

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Noun

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chandelier (pluralchandeliers)

  1. Abranched, oftenornate,light fixturesuspended from aceiling.
    Hyponyms:electrolier,gasalier,gasolier
    • 1929,M. Barnard Eldershaw, chapter VII, inA 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 thechandelier by her stay-lace?
    1. (originally, specifically) One lit bycandles.
  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 thechandelier," 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) Anendoilluminator used ineyesurgery.
  4. (obsolete, military) A portable frame used to support temporary wooden fences.
    • [1747,James Boswell,The Scots Book, volume IX,page37:
      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, page32:
      Europeans solved this problem by building a temporary fence with tightly bound sticks ("fascines") stacked into wooden frames ("chandeliers").

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Translations

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branched, often ornate, lighting fixture suspended from the ceiling

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French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited fromLatincandēlābrum, with a change in suffix.Doublet ofcandélabre.

Noun

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chandelier m (pluralchandeliers)

  1. candlestick
  2. chandelier
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Etymology 2

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Fromchandelle +‎-ier, or fromMedieval Latincandelārius. CompareCatalancandeler,Italiancandelaio,Spanishcandelero.

Noun

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chandelier m (pluralchandeliers)

  1. candlemaker

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Spanish

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Noun

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chandelier m (pluralchandelieres)

  1. chandelier
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