candlestick

English

/ˈkændəlˌstɪk/

noun

Definitions

A holder with a socket or spike for a candle.
A gymnastics move in which the legs are pointed vertically upward.
(investing) A color-coded bar showing the open and closing price of a stock on a Japanese candlestick chart.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English candelstik inherited from Old English candelsticca (candlestick) com from English candle + English stick (sticky, adhere, cigarette, joint).

Origin

English

stick

Gloss

sticky, adhere, cigarette, joint

Concept

Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Property

`Kanji`

粘

Emoji

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Candlemas English
antistick English
bangstick English
bestick English
bloodstick English
boomstick English
breadstick English
broomstick English
cabbage on a stick English
candle English
candleberry English
candlebomb English
candlefish English
candleflame English
candleglow English
candleholder English
candleless English
candlelight English
candlelighted English
candlelighter English
candlelighting English
candlelike English
candlelit English
candlemaker English
candlemaking English
candlenut English
candlepin English
candlepower English
candler English
candleshine English
candlestand English
candlesticklike English
candlestub English
candlewaster English
candlewax English
candlewick English
candlewood English
catstick English
chamberstick English
chapstick English
chewstick English
clapstick English
clue stick English
cornstick English
coupstick English
crabstick English
cuestick English
deadstick English
dipstick English
dripstick English
drumstick English
fiddlestick English
fingerstick English
firestick English
flagstick English
floatstick English
forestick English
fuckstick English
gearstick English
gunstick English
handstick English
headstick English
inkstick English
joystick English
knobstick English
ladystick English
lightstick English
lipstick English
matchstick English
meat stick English
mopstick English
mouthstick English
musicstick English
needlestick English
nightstick English
nonstick English
oxygen candle English
painstick English
paintstick English
pigstick English
polystick English
potstick English
propstick English
pushstick English
rainstick English
restick English
sidestick English
singlestick English
slapstick English
slipstick English
spitstick English
stick English
stickability English
stickable English
stickball English
sticker English
stickest English
sticketh English
stickfighting English
stickful English
stickhandle English
stickhandler English
sticklac English
stickless English
sticklike English
stickpin English
stickproof English
stickseed English
stickshift English
sticktight English
stickup English
stickwater English
stickweed English
stickwork English
sticky English
strike-stick English
swordstick English
tally stick English
taperstick English
thumbstick English
thunderstick English
trapstick English
unstick English
whipstick English
yamstick English
yardstick English
stickie Dutch, Flemish
стек Russian
スティック Japanese
ステッキ Japanese
candelsticca Old English
candel Middle English
candelstik Middle English
stikke Middle English
หนังสติ๊ก Thai
司的克 Chinese
士的 Chinese
스틱 Korean
kāāntōļ Marshallese
kandel Tok Pisin
kandra Sranan Tongo
kandratiki Sranan Tongo
tiki Sranan Tongo
kanduru Shona
kandulo Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
stick Chinook Jargon