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candil (plural candils)

  1. Alternative form of candy (“Indian unit of mass”)
  • Hyphenation: can‧dil
candil (1)

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

    candil m (plural candis)

    1. a small lantern

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

    candil m (plural candis)

    1. (historical) candy (unit of mass)

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

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

    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