chandelle
English
Etymology
From French chandelle (“chandelle”). Doublet of candela and candle.
Noun
chandelle (plural chandelles)
- An aerobatic maneuver in which a 180° turn is combined with a climb.
- 1998, Michael Charles Love, Flight Maneuvers, page 190:
- The FAA terms a chandelle as a maximum fight performance maneuver. During the course of a chandelle the plane should gain the greatest amount of altitude possible for a given degree of bank, and without stalling.
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Verb
chandelle (third-person singular simple present chandelles, present participle chandelling, simple past and past participle chandelled)
- To perform an aerobatic maneuver in which a 180° turn is combined with a climb.
Anagrams
- land-leech
French
Etymology
From Old French chandele, chandeile, chandoile, from Latin candēla (with a change of suffix to -elle, from Latin -ella). Doublet of candela.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃɑ̃.dɛl/
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Noun
chandelle f (plural chandelles)
- a (tallow) candle
- candlelight
- dîner aux chandelles ― candlelight dinner, candlelit dinner
- (figuratively) enlightenment
- a jack stand
- a chandelle
Derived terms
Derived terms
- brûler la chandelle par les deux bouts
- devoir une belle chandelle à Dieu
- devoir une belle chandelle à la Vierge
- devoir une fière chandelle
- dîner aux chandelles
- économies de bouts de chandelle
- le jeu n'en vaut pas la chandelle
- tenir la chandelle
- voir trente-six chandelles
Related terms
- chandelier
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: chandèl
- → Norman: chandelle
Further reading
- “chandelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Gallo
Etymology
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Noun
chandelle f
- light
Middle French
Alternative forms
- chandaille, chandeille, chandoille
Etymology
From Old French chandoile, from Latin candēla.
Noun
chandelle f (plural chandelles)
- candle
- candlelight
- (figuratively) enlightenment
Descendants
- French: chandelle
- Haitian Creole: chandèl
- → Norman: chandelle
References
- chandelle on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Norman
Etymology
Borrowed from French chandelle, from Latin candēla. Displaced the native cognate candelle.
Pronunciation
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Noun
chandelle f (plural chandelles)
- (Jersey) candle
Derived terms
- changlyi (“candlestick”)