candidate

English

Etymology

From Latin candidātus (“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: /ˈkæn.dɪdət/
• (US) IPA: /ˈkæn.dɪ.deɪt/, /ˈkæn.dɪ.dɪt/
• (US, colloquially) IPA: /ˈkæn.ɪ.dɪt/, /ˈkæn.ɪ.deɪt/

• Audio (US)

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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 (cmn), 候选人 (cmn) (hòuxuǎnrén), 候補 (cmn), 候补 (cmn) (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
• Hungarian: induló (hu)

• Indonesian: kandidat (id), calon (id)
• Interlingua: candidato
• Italian: candidato (it)
• Japanese: 候補者 (ja) (こうほしゃ, kōhosha)
• Jèrriais: candidat m, candidate f
• Korean: 후보자 (ko) (候補者, huboja)
• 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)
• Vietnamese: ứng cử viên (vi)
• Volapük: steifädan

participant in an examination

• Hungarian: jelölt (hu)
• Japanese: 受験生 (じゅけんせい, jukensei)

• Korean: 수험생 (ko) (受驗生, suheomsaeng)
• 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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Jèrriais

Noun

candidate f (plural candidates)

1. feminine form of candidat

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Latin

Noun

candidāte

1. vocative singular of candidātus