candidat

Borrowed from Latin candidātus.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kən.diˈðat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kan.diˈðat]

candidat m (plural candidats, feminine candidata, feminine plural candidates)

1. candidate

• candidatura

• “candidat”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “candidat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “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.

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.

• IPA^(key): /kɑ̃.di.da/

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• Homophone: candidats

candidat m (plural candidats, feminine candidate)

1. candidate

• candidature
• candidater

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

• “candidat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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.

candidat m (plural candidats, feminine candidate)

1. (Jersey) candidate

Borrowed from French candidat.

candidat m (plural candidați)

1. candidate