electrolier

Syllables: elec·tro·li·er/ɪˌlɛk.tɹəˈlɪ.ə/US/əˌlɛk.tɹəˈlɪ.əɹ/

electrolier noun: a fixture, usually hanging from a ceiling, for holding electric lamps; specifically, a chandelier lit by electricity rather than with candles or gas.

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Noun

electrolier (plural electroliers)

(dated) A fixture, usually hanging from a ceiling, for holding electric lamps; specifically, a chandelier lit by electricity rather than with candles or gas.
- Every lamp in the drawing room is shaded, and no one can complain of too much light. Not so, however in the boudoir, where the electric lamps are displayed in all their brilliancy, lighting up the rose du barri walls with a splendour enough to captivate a Frenchwoman. The silvered walls brackets...1882 April 1, “Art and Electricity at Sydenham”, in The Artist and Journal of Home Culture, volume III, number 28, London: William Reeves, […], →OCLC, page 98, column 2
- Artificial illumination is furnished by incandescent electric lamps pendant from a large corona and from side electroliers.1891 December, “The Institution and Its Government”, in Sixteenth Year Book Containing the Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the New York State Reformatory at Elmira for the Year Ending...

electrolier meaning in Tamil and Arabic

electrolier in Tamil

மின் விளக்குத் தொகுதி

electrolier in Arabic

fixture for holding electric lamps; chandelier lit by electricity: ثريا كهربائية

Examples of electrolier in a sentence

The silvered walls brackets, fender, and electrolier, by Messrs.1882 April 1, “Art and Electricity at Sydenham”, in The Artist and Journal of Home Culture, volume III, number 28, London: William Reeves...
The convex reflections of the electroliers slide back and forth over his polished bald head, as he bends, again, again, in little military salutes.1923 November, Aldous Huxley, chapter XIII, in Antic Hay, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 192:
I turned it, and a great electrolier of twelve red globes flooded the cellar with a red light.1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter II, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […]...
There was a gigantic electrolier, ten feet high, with upward-curling gilt branches opening into cloudy glass lilies of light.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 3, in The Line of Beauty […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 62:

Forms of electrolier

plural	electroliers

Origin of electrolier

From electro- (prefix meaning ‘electric, electrical’) + (chande)lier.

Words that rhyme with electrolier

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Questions about electrolier

What does electrolier mean?: Electrolier means a fixture, usually hanging from a ceiling, for holding electric lamps; specifically, a chandelier lit by electricity rather than with candles or gas.
What is electrolier in Tamil?: Electrolier in Tamil is மின் விளக்குத் தொகுதி. See Electrolier meaning in Tamil.
How do you use electrolier in a sentence?: The silvered walls brackets, fender, and electrolier, by Messrs.
What part of speech is electrolier?: Electrolier is a noun.
How do you pronounce electrolier?: Electrolier is pronounced /ɪˌlɛk.tɹəˈlɪ.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of electrolier?: The plural of electrolier is electroliers.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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