candidat
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin candidātus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /kən.diˈdat/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kan.diˈdat/
Noun
candidat m (plural candidats, feminine candidata)
- 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, 2023
- “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
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
- IPA(key): /kɑ̃.di.da/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) Audio (Paris) (file) - Homophone: candidats
Noun
candidat m (plural candidats, feminine candidate)
- candidate
Descendants
- → Dutch: kandidaat (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- “candidat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 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)
- (Jersey) candidate
Romanian
Etymology
From French candidat.
Noun
candidat m (plural candidați)
- candidate
Declension
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 | ||