candor
See also: candôr
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Latin candor (“brightness, whiteness”), from candeō (“I shine”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
candor (usually uncountable, plural candors) (American spelling)
- (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]
- Impartiality.
Usage notes edit
Sense 2 can be used as the abstract noun equivalent of candid, i.e. “the state of being candid”.
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Translations edit
sincere and open in speech, honesty in expression
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impartiality
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin candōrem. First attested in 1839.
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Noun edit
candor m or f (plural candors)
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Further reading edit
- “candor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “candor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “candor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “candor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From candeō (“to shine, glitter; glow”) + -or.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.dor/, [ˈkän̪d̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkan.dor/, [ˈkän̪d̪or]
Noun edit
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
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | candor | candōrēs |
Genitive | candōris | candōrum |
Dative | candōrī | candōribus |
Accusative | candōrem | candōrēs |
Ablative | candōre | candōribus |
Vocative | candor | candōrēs |
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References edit
- “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- candor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
candor m (plural candores)
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Further reading edit
- “candor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014