EuroLex/F/Flambeau
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- Original language: French
- Original form and meaning:flambeau 'torch, light, candle'
(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)
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| English | flambeau | 17th c. | 1. (a) 'a torch, esp. one made of several thick wicks dipped in wax, a lighted torch', (b) 'a fire-signal or beacon', 2. 'a large decorated candlestick', 3. 'one of the set of kettles used in the open-kettle process of sugar-making, so called because the flames of the furnace strike it with most force' (Southern U.S.) | '...' | OED |
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| German | Flambeau | 1. 'stick with candleholder in church' (dial.), 2. 'candlelighter' (dial.), 3. 'St. Martin's torch' (dial.), 4. 'big flame (candle, lamp)' (dial.), 5. 'to go up in flames' (dial., adverb), 6. 'intense, bright light' (dial.) | '...' | Birken-Silvermann 2003: 128 | |
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| Italian | flambó | End of 19th c. | 1. 'torch' (old-fashioned), 2. 'short, thick candle' (dial.) | '...' | Birken-Silvermann 2003: 128 |
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