candil
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]candil (plural candils)
- Alternative form of candy (“Indian unit of mass”)
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: can‧dil
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Etymology 1
[edit]From Arabic قِنْدِيل (qindīl). Cognate with Galician and Spanish candil and Turkish kandil.
Noun
[edit]candil m (plural candis)
- a small lantern
Etymology 2
[edit]From Marathi खंडी (khaṇḍī), from Sanskrit खण्डन (khaṇḍana), from root खण्ड् (khaṇḍ, “to divide, break into pieces”).
Noun
[edit]candil m (plural candis)
- (historical) candy (unit of mass)
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic قِنْدِيل (qindīl), ultimately of Latin origin. Doublet of candela.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]candil m (plural candiles)
- lamp
- Synonym: lámpara
- a fish of the family Holocentridae; a squirrelfish or soldierfish
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “candil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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