Noun: chandelle
| Singular | chandelle |
| Plural | chandelles |
Sample Sentences
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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. [1998, Michael Charles Love, Flight Maneuvers, page 190:]
Nouns inflected like chandelle
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From French chandelle (“chandelle”). Doublet of candela and candle. See: French Nouns '
chandelle'.