candidat
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin candidātus.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
candidat m (plural candidats, feminine candidata)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
candidat m (plural candidats, feminine candidate)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Dutch: kandidaat (see there for further descendants)
Further reading[edit]
- “candidat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
candidat m (plural candidats, feminine candidate)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French candidat.
Noun[edit]
candidat m (plural candidați)
Declension[edit]
Declension of candidat
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) candidat | candidatul | (niște) candidați | candidații |
| genitive/dative | (unui) candidat | candidatului | (unor) candidați | candidaților |
| vocative | candidatule | candidaților | ||
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