candela
French, noun
candela is spelled C-A-N-D-E-L-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 88,451st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Candela is a French feminine noun meaning “candela (SI unit of luminous intensity)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, candéla is a different word: “candela”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Unité de mesure d’intensité lumineuse du Système international égale au lumen par stéradian, dont le symbole…”.
What does candela mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecandela (SI unit of luminous intensity)
noun
- 1
femininecandela
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unité de mesure d’intensité lumineuse du Système international égale au lumen par stéradian, dont le symbole est cd.
noun: 1. Autre orthographe de la candela, unité de mesure de l’intensité lumineuse du Système international, dont le symbole est cd.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of candela
- candelas plural
- candélas plural
- candéla
- candela
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to candela
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is candela in French?
candela appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).