candidat
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin candidātus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
candidat m (plural candidats, feminine candidata)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “candidat” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “candidat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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.
French edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
candidat m (plural candidats, feminine candidate)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Dutch: kandidaat (see there for further descendants)
Further reading edit
- “candidat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman edit
Etymology edit
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.
Noun edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French candidat.
Noun edit
candidat m (plural candidați)
Declension edit
Declension of candidat
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) candidat | candidatul | (niște) candidați | candidații |
genitive/dative | (unui) candidat | candidatului | (unor) candidați | candidaților |
vocative | candidatule | candidaților |