Candlestick - Candlestick

Japanese: キャンドルスティック - きゃんどるすてぃっく
Candlestick - Candlestick

A hand-held candlestick is called a teshiyoku (hand candle), and many of them were made of copper. [Yoshida Okada]
[Western]
In English it is called a candlestick, and in French it is called a chandelier. Strictly speaking, a candlestick is a candle that holds a single candle, and anything larger than that is called a candelabrum.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "candlestick" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…なお手持ちの燭台を手燭(てしよく)といい,銅製のものが多く作られた。【岡田 譲】
[西洋]
 英語でキャンドルスティックcandlestick,フランス語でシャンドリエchandelierという。厳密にはキャンドルスティックはろうそく1本立てのものをいい,それ以上の大型のものはキャンディレブラムcandelabrumとよばれている。…

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