chandlery C2+ Topic:Shopping & Services US /ˈtʃændləri/ UK /ˈtʃɑːndləri/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a shop or store selling supplies, especially for ships They stocked up on rope and lamp oil at the harbor chandlery. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a shop or store selling... storeshopwarehousedepotsupplier Word family Related forms chandlercandle Etymology AI details From chandler + -y (or directly from Old French chandelerie), denoting the place or business of a chandler, ultimately from Latin candēla ('candle'). chandlerie Old French candēla Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Shopping & Services Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # chandlery **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈtʃændləri/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈtʃɑːndləri/ ## Meanings 1. a shop or store selling supplies, especially for ships ## Examples - They stocked up on rope and lamp oil at the harbor chandlery. ## Synonyms - store - shop - warehouse - depot - supplier ## Related Forms - chandler - candle ## Roots and Affixes - Root: chandlerie - Root: candēla ## Etymology From chandler + -y (or directly from Old French chandelerie), denoting the place or business of a chandler, ultimately from Latin candēla ('candle'). ## AI Etymology Chandlery comes from chandler + -y (or directly from Old French chandelerie), denoting the place or business of a chandler, ultimately from Latin candēla ('candle'). The historical trail runs through chandlerie in Old French and candēla in Latin. Morphologically, chandlery is transparent: it draws on chandler + -y (or directly from Old French chandelerie), denoting the place or business of a chandler, ultimately from Latin candēla ('candle'). Used as a noun, chandlery now means "a shop or store selling supplies, especially for ships", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as chandler and candle. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English. ## Topics - Shopping & Services - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown