candle

Naija

Alternative forms

• aluminium 0.87 16, tp 0.87 6, sundays 0.86 7, adesoji 0.86 5, kilo 0.85 5, boli 0.85 6, lantern 0.85 5, 1-20 0.85 6, cola 0.85 6

Etymology

Borrowed from English candle

Pronunciation

• ˈkændəl

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Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 1
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 3631
• Frequency in raw corpus: 7
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 9431

The word is used more orally than in written texts.

Noun

candle: no definition -- Definition in Naija?

1. - (frequency:3)

   Charly DeFrancesco na former model and candle maker.  — (bbc__25153, __no translation__)

   Many Christians dey light candle, plenti lights plus fireworks wit beta music inside church to celebrate.  — (bbc__65298, __no translation__)

Synonyms

• aluminium 0.87 16, tp 0.87 6, sundays 0.86 7, adesoji 0.86 5, kilo 0.85 5, boli 0.85 6, lantern 0.85 5, 1-20 0.85 6, cola 0.85 6

Antonyms

• aluminium 0.87 16, tp 0.87 6, sundays 0.86 7, adesoji 0.86 5, kilo 0.85 5, boli 0.85 6, lantern 0.85 5, 1-20 0.85 6, cola 0.85 6

Translations

• English: no definition