candidate

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English

Etymology

From Latin candidātus (“a person who is standing for public office”), from candidus (“dazzling white, shining, clear”) +‎ -ātus, -āta, -ātum (participial adjective-forming suffix), in reference to Roman candidates wearing bleached white togas as a symbol of purity at a public forum. Equivalent to candid +‎ -ate (noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkæn.dɪdət/, /ˈkæn.dɪ.deɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkæn.dɪ.deɪt/, /ˈkæn.dɪ.dɪt/
• (US, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkæn.ɪ.dɪt/, /ˈkæn.ɪ.deɪt/

Noun

candidate (plural candidates)

2. A person who is running in an election.

4. A person who is applying for a job.

6. A participant in an examination.

8. Something or somebody that may be suitable.
10. (genetics) A gene which may play a role in a given disease.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

candidate (third-person singular simple present candidates, present participle candidating, simple past and past participle candidated)

1. (uncommon) To stand as a candidate for an office, especially a religious one.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:candidated.
2. (nonstandard, chiefly in jargon and non-native speakers' English) To make or name (something) a candidate (for use, for study as a next project, for investigation as a possible cause of something, etc).

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References

French

Pronunciation

Noun

candidate f (plural candidates)

1. female equivalent of candidat

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology 1

Noun

candidate f

1. plural of candidata

Etymology 2

Verb

candidate

1. inflection of candidare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 3

Participle

candidate f pl

1. feminine plural of candidato

Latin

Noun

candidāte

1. vocative singular of candidātus

Norman

Noun

candidate f (plural candidates)

1. female equivalent of candidat

Portuguese

Verb

candidate

1. inflection of candidatar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kandiˈdate/ [kãn̪.d̪iˈð̞a.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ate
• Syllabification: can‧di‧da‧te

Verb

candidate

1. inflection of candidatar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative