candélabre
French, noun/kɑ̃.de.labʁ/
candélabre is spelled C-A-N-D-É-L-A-B-R-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 84,649th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Candélabre is a French masculine noun meaning “candelabrum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Support à plusieurs branches, garnies de bougies de cire, de becs de gaz ou d’ampoules électriques ou tout…”.
What does candélabre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecandelabrum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Support à plusieurs branches, garnies de bougies de cire, de becs de gaz ou d’ampoules électriques ou tout autre foyer de lumière. 2. Couronnement en forme de balustre qui figure une torchère. 3. Motif, souvent végétal, qui orne des pilastres ou des pieds-droits.
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 candélabre
- candélabres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce candélabre?
- /kɑ̃.de.labʁ/
- \kɑ̃.de.labʁ\
- [kɑ̃.de.labʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to candélabre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is candélabre in French?
candélabre 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).