"candidate" in seven languages
Meaningcandidate
Spanish
candidato
/kandiˈdato/
masc.learned
French
candidat
/kɑ̃dida/
masc.learned
Italian
candidato
/kandiˈdato/
masc.learned
Portuguese
candidato
/kɐ̃dʒiˈdatu/
masc.learned
Romanian
candidat
/kandiˈdat/
masc.learned
Catalan
candidat
/kəndiˈdat/
masc.learned
English
candidate
/ˈkændɪdeɪt/
from Latin/French · Latin CANDIDĀTUS
English → ItaliancandidatecandidatoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
CANDIDĀTUM‘clad in white’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Roman office-seekers wore a toga whitened with chalk (toga candida), so a candidate is literally 'the one in white'.
English relatives: candid, candour, candle
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In a sentence
- esHay tres candidatos a la alcaldía.
- frIl y a trois candidats à la mairie.
- itCi sono tre candidati a sindaco.
- ptHá três candidatos a prefeito.
- roSunt trei candidați la funcția de primar.
- caHi ha tres candidats a l'alcaldia.
- enThere are three candidates for mayor.
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