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girandola

/dʒɪˈrændələ/

girandola is the alternative form of girandole.

Meaning of girandole

Noun

girandole (plural girandoles)

  1. An ornamental branched candle holder, sometimes with a mirror behind.
    • As I sat in my usual nook, and looked at him with the light of the girandoles on the mantelpiece beaming full over him...1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter XVIII, in Jane Eyre. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC
  2. (pyrotechnics) A type of firework which creates a "whirling top" or "flying saucer" effect.

Forms of girandola

pluralgirandolas

Origin of girandola

Borrowed from Italian girandola.

Questions about girandola

What is girandola the alternative form of?
Girandola is the alternative form of girandole.
How do you pronounce girandola?
Girandola is pronounced /dʒɪˈrændələ/.

Words near girandola in the dictionary

  1. girah
  2. girahs
  3. Giraldez
  4. Giraldo
  5. Giraldos
  6. girandola
  7. girandolas
  8. girandole
  9. girandole clock
  10. girandole clocks
  11. girandoles

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Adapted from Wiktionary: girandola (page history and authors); girandole (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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