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English
Etymology
From Latin candidus (“white”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
candid (comparative candider, superlative candidest)
- Impartial and free from prejudice.
1828, Washington Irving, A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus. , volume II, New York, N.Y.: G. & C. Carvill, , →OCLC, book XII, page 269:He knew not where to look for faithful advice, efficient aid, or candid judgement.
2018 January 21, Oli Smith, The Sunday Express:Asked about the Brexit vote, the candid president told Marr: «I am not the one to judge or comment on the decision of your people.»
- Straightforward, open and sincere.
- Synonyms: frank, parrhesiastic, unreserved
1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter IV, in Pride and Prejudice: , volume I, London: for T Egerton, , →OCLC, page 29:“I know you do; and it is that which makes the wonder. With your good sense, to be so honestly blind to the follies and nonsense of others! Affectation of candour is common enough;—one meets with it everywhere. But to be candid without ostentation or design—to take the good of everybody's character and make it still better, and say nothing of the bad—belongs to you alone. […] ”
2023 November 18, Blake Montgomery, Dani Anguiano, “OpenAI fires co-founder and CEO Sam Altman for allegedly lying to company board”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:Sam Altman, the chief executive and co-founder of OpenAI, has been ousted from his own company after its board accused him of “being not consistently candid in his communications”.
- Not posed or rehearsed.
2002, Popular Photography:Will the introduction of supplementary flash or flood intrude on a candid picture situation or ruin the mood?
- (obsolete) Bright; white.
1717, Catcott, Samuel Croxall, John Dryden, Samuel Garth, Leonard Welsted, “Book XV”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. , London: Jacob Tonson, , →OCLC, page 511:The Box receives all Black, but, pour'd from thence, / The Stones came candid forth; the Hue of Innocence.
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Translations
impartial and free from prejudice
- Bulgarian: непредубеден (bg) (nepredubeden), безпристрастен (bg) (bezpristrasten)
- Czech: přímý (cs) m, nestranný (cs), upřímný (cs) m
- Dutch: neutraal (nl), objectief (nl)
- Finnish: puolueeton (fi), varaukseton (fi)
- Galician: imparcial m or f
- German: unvoreingenommen (de), vorurteilsfrei, unparteiisch (de)
- Hebrew: אוביקטיבי (he) m (obyektivi)
- Hungarian: pártatlan (hu), elfogulatlan (hu)
- Macedonian: непри́страсен (neprístrasen), беспри́страсен (besprístrasen)
- Norwegian: fordomsfri, upartisk
- Persian: منصفانه (fa) (monsefâne)
- Portuguese: imparcial (pt)
- Russian: беспристрастный (ru) (bespristrastnyj), непредвзятый (ru) (nepredvzjatyj)
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straightforward, open and sincere
- Bulgarian: искрен (bg) (iskren), честен (bg) (česten), откровен (bg) (otkroven)
- Czech: přímý (cs) m, otevřený (cs) m
- Dutch: eerlijk (nl), spontaan (nl)
- Finnish: suora (fi), avoin (fi)
- French: sincère (fr)
- Galician: franco (gl) m
- German: freimütig (de), offenherzig (de), geradeheraus (de)
- Hebrew: כנה (he) m (kene)
- Macedonian: и́скрен (ískren), че́сен (čésen), о́творен (ótvoren)
- Norwegian: oppriktig
- Persian: رک (fa) (rok)
- Plautdietsch: frajch
- Portuguese: cândido (pt)
- Russian: открове́нный (ru) (otkrovénnyj), откры́тый (ru) (otkrýtyj), че́стный (ru) (čéstnyj), и́скренний (ru) (ískrennij)
- Spanish: franco (es)
- Swedish: uppriktig (sv)
- Ukrainian: відве́ртий (vidvértyj)
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Noun
candid (plural candids)
- A spontaneous or unposed photograph.
His portraits looked stiff and formal but his candids showed life being lived.
Derived terms
Translations
A spontaneous or unposed photograph
Further reading
- “candid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “candid”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French candide, from Latin candidus.
Adjective
candid m or n (feminine singular candidă, masculine plural candizi, feminine and neuter plural candide)
- candid
Declension