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noun, feminine

chandelle

/ʃɑ̃.dɛl/

noun, feminine/ʃɑ̃.dɛl/plural: chandelles

a (tallow) candle; any candle; candlelight; enlightenment; a jack stand

dîner aux chandellescandlelight dinner, candlelit dinner

Inherited from Old French chandele, chandeile, chandoile, from Latin candēla (with a change of suffix to -elle, from Latin -ella). Doublet of candela.