candidat

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin candidātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Noun

candidat m (plural candidats, feminine candidata)

1. candidate

Derived terms

• candidatura

Further reading

• “candidat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “candidat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “candidat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “candidat” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin candidātus (“a person who is standing for public office”), from candidus (“candid, white”), in reference to Roman candidates wearing bleached white togas as a symbol of purity at a public forum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑ̃.di.da/

• Audio (France, Paris)

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• Audio (Paris)

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• Homophone: candidats

Noun

candidat m (plural candidats, feminine candidate)

1. candidate

Derived terms

• candidature
• candidater

Descendants

• → Dutch: kandidaat (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “candidat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Norman

Etymology

From Latin candidātus (“a person who is standing for public office”), from candidus (“candid, white”), in reference to Roman candidates wearing bleached white togas as a symbol of purity at a public forum.

Noun

candidat m (plural candidats, feminine candidate)

1. (Jersey) candidate

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French candidat.

Noun

candidat m (plural candidați)

1. candidate

Declension