candil

English

Noun

candil (plural candils)

1. Alternative form of candy (“Indian unit of mass”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈd͡ʒiw/ [kɐ̃ˈd͡ʒiʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈdil/ [kɐ̃ˈdiɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈdil/ [kɐ̃ˈdiɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐ̃ˈdi.li/

• Hyphenation: can‧dil

candil (1)

Etymology 1

From Arabic قِنْدِيل (qindīl). Cognate with Galician and Spanish candil and Turkish kandil.

Noun

candil m (plural candis)

1. a small lantern

Descendants

• →? Gujarati: કંદિલ (kandil)

Etymology 2

From Marathi खंडी (khaṇḍī), from Sanskrit खण्डन (khaṇḍana), from root खण्ड् (khaṇḍ, “to divide, break into pieces”).

Noun

candil m (plural candis)

1. (historical) candy (unit of mass)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قِنْدِيل (qindīl), from Latin candēla. Doublet of candela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kanˈdil/ [kãn̪ˈd̪il]
• Rhymes: -il
• Syllabification: can‧dil

Noun

candil m (plural candiles)

1. oil lamp

   Synonym: lámpara de aceite

2. Betty lamp
3. a fish of the family Holocentridae; a squirrelfish or soldierfish

Derived terms

• a moco de candil
• arder en un candil
• sombrero de tres candiles

 

Further reading

• “candil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10