French word for "candle," also used historically for the candlepower and currently for the candela. French authors should use the SI symbol cd and not "bg" when they use this term to mean the candela
Russ Rowlett (Director), How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement, Center for Mathematics and Science Education University of North Carolina, USA 2005. http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictA.html, (Unit of Meas and Covr Factors - Amer) {608}