candidat

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin candidātus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kən.diˈðat] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [kan.diˈðat] === Noun === candidat m (plural candidats, feminine candidata, feminine plural candidates) candidate ==== Derived terms ==== candidatura === Further reading === “candidat”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “candidat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “candidat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “candidat”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == French == === Etymology === 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 === IPA(key): /kɑ̃.di.da/ Homophone: candidats === Noun === candidat m (plural candidats, feminine candidate) candidate ==== Derived terms ==== candidature candidater ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: kandidaat (see there for further descendants) === Further reading === “candidat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norman == === Etymology === 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 === candidat m (plural candidats, feminine candidate) (Jersey) candidate == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French candidat. === Noun === candidat m (plural candidați, feminine equivalent candidată) candidate ==== Declension ====