candidate

See also: candidaté

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(key): /ˈkæn.dɪdət/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkæn.dɪ.deɪt/, /ˈkæn.dɪ.dɪt/
  • (US, colloquially) IPA(key): /ˈkæn.ɪ.dɪt/, /ˈkæn.ɪ.deɪt/[1]
  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun

candidate (plural candidates)

  1. A person who is running in an election
  2. A person who is applying to a position for a job.
  3. A participant in an examination.
  4. Something or somebody maybe suitable for or in danger of something or somebody.
    • 2013 May-June, Kevin Heng, “Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily?”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 184:
      In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.
  5. A synonym for a candidate gene, i.e., a gene which may play a role in a given disease.

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French

Noun

candidate f (plural candidates)

  1. feminine equivalent of candidat

Further reading

Italian

Noun

candidate f

  1. plural of candidata

Verb

candidate

  1. second-person plural present indicative of candidare
  2. second-person plural imperative of candidare
  3. feminine plural of candidato

Latin

Noun

candidāte

  1. vocative singular of candidātus

Norman

Noun

candidate f (plural candidates)

  1. feminine equivalent of candidat

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kandiˈdate/, [kãn̪d̪iˈðat̪e]

Verb

candidate

  1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of candidatar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of candidatar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of candidatar.
  4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of candidatar.
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