candor

English

WOTD – 12 March 2008

Alternative forms

candour (British and Canadian)

Etymology

From Latin candor (“brightness, whiteness”), from candeō (“I shine”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkæn.də(ɹ)/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈkæn.dɚ/

Noun

candor (usually uncountable, plural candors) (American)

(obsolete) Whiteness; brilliance; purity. [c. 1500–?]
- 1648, Robert Herrick, Hesperides, "To his Booke":
  Whilst thou didst keep thy Candor undefil'd,
  
  Deerly I lov'd thee; as my first-born child ...
The state of being sincere and open in speech; honesty in expression. [from c. 1600]
Synonyms: honesty, sincerity, parrhesia

Antonyms: deception, fraud, lie
Impartiality.
Synonyms: fairness, impartiality

Related terms

candid

Translations

sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression

Bulgarian: искреност (bg) f (iskrenost), честност (bg) f (čestnost), откровеност (bg) f (otkrovenost)
Catalan: candor m, f
Czech: upřímnost f
Dutch: openheid (nl), openhartigheid (nl), eerlijkheid (nl), oprechtheid (nl), onbevangenheid
Finnish: vilpittömyys (fi), suoruus (fi)
French: candeur (fr) f
German: Aufrichtigkeit (de) f, Freimut (de) m, Redlichkeit (de) f, Ehrlichkeit (de) f, Offenheit (de) f, Freimütigkeit f, Offenherzigkeit f
Greek: ειλικρίνεια (el) f (eilikríneia), ευθύτητα (el) f (efthýtita)

Hungarian: nyíltság (hu), őszinteség (hu)
Persian: خلوص‎‎ (fa) (xolus)
Polish: szczerość (pl) f, otwartość (pl) f, uczciwość (pl) f
Portuguese: franqueza (pt) f
Russian: прямота́ (ru) f (prjamotá), че́стность (ru) f (čéstnostʹ)
Spanish: candor
Turkish: içtenlik (tr)

impartiality

Bulgarian: безпристрастност f (bezpristrastnost)
Czech: nestrannost f, bezpředsudkovost f
Dutch: openheid (nl),onpartijdigheid (nl),
German: Offenheit (de) f, Unparteilichkeit f, Neutralität (de) f

Greek: αμεροληψία (el) f (amerolipsía)
Hungarian: elfogulatlanság (hu)
Polish: bezstronność (pl) f
Russian: беспристрастность (ru) f (bespristrastnostʹ)

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Indonesian: ^{(please verify)} terus terang, ^{(please verify)} jujur, ^{(please verify)} tulus, ^{(please verify)} tulus hati

Anagrams

Cardon, Conard, Condra, Conrad, Dacron, ancrod, dacron

Latin

Etymology

From candeō (“shine, glitter; glow”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.dor/, [ˈkan.dɔr]

Noun

candor m (genitive candōris); third declension

a dazzling or glossy whiteness; clearness, radiance, brightness
fairness, beauty
glow, heat
(of speech) splendor, brilliance
(of mind or character) frankness, openness, candor, purity

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	candor	candōrēs
genitive	candōris	candōrum
dative	candōrī	candōribus
accusative	candōrem	candōrēs
ablative	candōre	candōribus
vocative	candor	candōrēs

Related terms

candicō
candidus
candificō

Descendants

English: candor, candour
French: candeur
Italian: candore

Portuguese: candor
Romanian: candoare
Spanish: candor

References

candor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
candor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
candor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
candor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Spanish

Noun

candor m (plural candores)

candor

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