candidate

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /'kæn.dɪdət/
• (US) IPA: /kæn.dɪd'eɪt/

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Noun

candidate (plural candidates)

1. A person who is running in an election or who is applying to a position for a job.
2. A participant in an examination.

Derived terms

• candidacy
• Manchurian candidate

Related terms

• candelabrum
• candela
• candid
• candle
• candlepower
• candlestick
• chandler
• chandlery

Translations

person running in an election

Arabic: مُرَشَّح (ar) (muraššaḥ) m. Armenian: թեկնածու (hy) (t'eknaçu) Basque: kandidatu Bulgarian: кандидат (bg) (kandidát) m., кандидатка (bg) (kandidátka) f. Catalan: candidat (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 候選人 (zh), 候选人 (zh) (hòuxuǎnrén), 候補 (zh), 候补 (zh) (hòubǔ) Czech: kandidát (cs) m. Danish: kandidat (da) c. Dutch: kandidaat (nl) m., kandidate (nl) f. Esperanto: kandidato (eo) Faroese: valevni (fo) n. Finnish: ehdokas (fi), kandidaatti (fi) French: candidat (fr) m., candidate (fr) f. German: Kandidat (de) m., Kandidatin (de) f. Greek: υποψήφιος (el) (ypopsífios) m. Hebrew: מועמד (he) (mo'amad) m., מועמדת (he) (mu'amedet) f.

Indonesian: kandidat (id), calon (id) Interlingua: candidato Italian: candidato (it) Japanese: 候補 (ja) (こうほ, kōho) Korean: 후보 (ko) (hubo) (候補 (ko)), 후보자 (ko) (huboja) (候補者 (ko)) Kurdish: berbijar (ku), namzet (ku), berendam (ku), kandîdat (ku) Latin: candidatus (la) m. Macedonian: кандидат (mk) (kandidát) m. Malay: calon (ms) Norwegian: kandidat (no) Polish: kandydat (pl) m. Russian: кандидат (ru) (kandidát) m., кандидатка (ru) (kandidátka) f. Scottish Gaelic: tagraiche (gd) m. Spanish: candidato (es) Swedish: kandidat (sv) c. Turkish: aday (tr) Volapük: steifädan

participant in an examination

Macedonian: кандидат (mk) (kandidát) m.

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French

Noun

candidate f. (plural candidates)

1. feminine form of candidat

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Italian

Noun

candidate f.

1. Plural form of candidata.

Verb

candidate

1. second-person plural present indicative of candidare
2. second-person plural imperative of candidare
3. Feminine plural of candidato

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Latin

Noun

candidāte

1. vocative singular of candidātus