Roman candle

Roman candle

English

Etymology

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Noun

Roman candle (plural Roman candles)

1. A type of firework with a long, thick paper tube that contains layers of "stars" and lifting charges. When ignited, pyrotechnic stars shoot from the tube one at a time.
2. A type of parachute deployment failure.

Translations

a type of firework

Czech: římská svíce (cs) Danish: romerlys n Dutch: romeinse kaars Finnish: roomalainen kynttilä German: Römische Licht, (in Switzerland) Römische Kerze Hawaiian: ihoihokī

Italian: candela romana Lao: ບັ້ງໄຟດອກ (bang fai dǭk) Russian: римская свеча́ (rimskaja svečá) Slovak: rímska svieca Slovene: rimska sveča Swedish: romerskt ljus

a type of parachute deployment failure