candide

== French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin candidus (“white”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɑ̃.did/ Rhymes: -id === Adjective === candide (plural candides) candid, frank Near-synonyms: franc, honnête naive, overtrusting Synonym: naïf ==== Derived terms ==== candidement ==== Related terms ==== candeur === Noun === candide m or f by sense (plural candides) a candid person === Noun === candide m (plural candides) a mountain clouded yellow (Colias phicomone), a butterfly of Europe === Further reading === “candide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Adjective === candide feminine plural of candido == Latin == === Adjective === candide vocative masculine singular of candidus === References === “candide”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “candide”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.