chandelier
French, noun/ʃɑ̃.də.lje/
chandelier is spelled C-H-A-N-D-E-L-I-E-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 36,297th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chandelier is a French masculine noun meaning “candlestick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ustensile servant de support à des chandelles ou à des bougies”.
What does chandelier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecandlestick
- 2
masculinechandelier
noun
- 1
masculinecandlemaker
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ustensile servant de support à des chandelles ou à des bougies. 2. Troisième personne sur qui deux amoureux illicites font porter les soupçons pour ne pas être inquiétés. Syn. : paravent.
noun: 1. Artisan qui fabrique et vend des chandelles.
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 chandelier
- chandeliers plural
- chandelière feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chandelier?
- /ʃɑ̃.də.lje/
- \ʃɑ̃.də.lje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chandelier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chandelier in French?
chandelier appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).