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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈkandɪdət/
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• US, colloquial: /ˈkæn.ɪ.dɪt/
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• US, colloquial: /ˈkæn.ɪ.deɪt/
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• Australian: /ˈkæn.də.dət/
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ˈkandɪdɛjt/
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From Latin candidātus (“a person who is standing for public office”, noun), from candidus (“dazzling white, shining, clear”) + -ātus, -āta, -ātum (participial adjective-forming suffix), in reference to Roman candidates wearing bleached white togas as a symbol of purity at a public forum. By surface analysis, candid + -ate (noun-forming suffix).

From Latin candidātus (“dressed in white”, adjective); see Etymology 1 for further derivations. By surface analysis, candid + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

186 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: kandidat — person running in an election
• Albanian: kandidate — person running in an election
• Amharic: ተወዳዳሪ (täwädadari) — person running in an election
• Arabic: مُرَشَّح (muraššaḥ) — person running in an election
• Arabic: مُرَشَّحَة (muraššaḥa) — person running in an election
• Armenian: թեկնածու (tʻeknacu) — person running in an election
• Armenian: կանդիդատ (kandidat) — person running in an election
• Azerbaijani: namizəd — person running in an election
• Basque: kandidatu — person running in an election
• Belarusian: кандыда́т (kandydát) — person running in an election
• Belarusian: кандыда́тка (kandydátka) — person running in an election
• Bengali: প্রার্থী (prarthi) — person running in an election
• Bengali: খাস্তগীর (khastogir) — person running in an election
• Bulgarian: кандида́т (kandidát) — person running in an election
• Bulgarian: кандида́тка (kandidátka) — person running in an election
• Catalan: candidat — person running in an election
• Catalan: candidata — person running in an election
• Cherokee: ᎠᏙᎩᏯᏍᎩ (adogiyasgi) — person running in an election
• Chinese Cantonese: 候選人 /候选人 (hau6 syun2 jan4) — person running in an election
• Chinese Cantonese: 候補 /候补 (hau6 bou2) — person running in an election
• Chinese Mandarin: 候選人 /候选人 (hòuxuǎnrén) — person running in an election
• Chinese Mandarin: 候補 /候补 (hòubǔ) — person running in an election
• Czech: kandidát — person running in an election
• Czech: kandidátka — person running in an election
• Danish: kandidat — person running in an election
• Dutch: kandidaat — person running in an election
• Dutch: kandidate — person running in an election
• Esperanto: kandidato — person running in an election
• Esperanto: kandidatino — person running in an election
• Estonian: kandidaat — person running in an election
• Faroese: valevni — person running in an election
• Finnish: ehdokas — person running in an election
• Finnish: kandidaatti — person running in an election
• French: candidat — person running in an election
• French: candidate — person running in an election
• Georgian: კანდიდატი (ḳandidaṭi) — person running in an election
• German: Kandidat — person running in an election
• German: Kandidatin — person running in an election
• German: Wahlbewerber — person running in an election
• German: Wahlbewerberin — person running in an election
• Greek: υποψήφιος (ypopsífios) — person running in an election
• Greek: υποψήφια (ypopsífia) — person running in an election
• Gujarati: ઉમેદવાર (umedvār) — person running in an election
• Hebrew: מועמד \ מָעֳמָד (mo'omád) — person running in an election
• Hebrew: מועמדת (mo'omédet) — person running in an election
• Hindi: प्रत्याशी (pratyāśī) — person running in an election
• Hindi: उम्मीदवार (ummīdvār) — person running in an election
• Hungarian: induló — person running in an election
• Icelandic: frambjóðandi — person running in an election
• Indonesian: kandidat — person running in an election
• Indonesian: calon — person running in an election
• Interlingua: candidato — person running in an election
• Irish: iarrthóir — person running in an election
• Italian: candidato — person running in an election
• Italian: candidata — person running in an election
• Japanese: 候補者 (kōhosha) — person running in an election
• Japanese: 候補 (kōho) — person running in an election
• Kazakh: үміткер (ümıtker) — person running in an election
• Kazakh: үмітшіл (ümıtşıl) — person running in an election
• Khmer: បេក្ខជន (peekkhaʼcŭən) — person running in an election
• Korean: 후보자 (huboja) — person running in an election
• Korean: 후보 (hubo) — person running in an election
• Northern Kurdish: berbijar — person running in an election
• Northern Kurdish: namzet — person running in an election
• Northern Kurdish: berendam — person running in an election
• Northern Kurdish: kandîdat — person running in an election
• Kyrgyz: кандидат (kandidat) — person running in an election
• Kyrgyz: талапкер (talapker) — person running in an election
• Lao: ຜູ້ສະຫມັກ (phū sa mak) — person running in an election
• Latin: candidatus — person running in an election
• Latvian: kandidāts — person running in an election
• Latvian: kandidāte — person running in an election
• Lithuanian: kandidatas — person running in an election
• Lithuanian: kandidatė — person running in an election
• Macedonian: кандида́т (kandidát) — person running in an election
• Macedonian: кандида́тка (kandidátka) — person running in an election
• Malay: calon — person running in an election
• Malayalam: സ്ഥാനാർത്ഥി (sthānāṟtthi) — person running in an election
• Māori: kaiwhakauru — person running in an election
• Mongolian: дэвшигч (devšigč) — person running in an election
• Mongolian: ᠳᠡᠪᠰᠢᠭᠴᠢ (debsigči) — person running in an election
• Norman: candidat — person running in an election
• Norman: candidate — person running in an election
• Norwegian Bokmål: kandidat — person running in an election
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kandidat — person running in an election
• Pashto: نامزد (nāmzad) — person running in an election
• Iranian Persian: کانْدیدا (kândidâ) — person running in an election
• Iranian Persian: نامْزَد (nâmzad) — person running in an election
• Polish: kandydat — person running in an election
• Polish: kandydatka — person running in an election
• Portuguese: candidato — person running in an election
• Portuguese: candidata — person running in an election
• Romanian: candidat — person running in an election
• Romanian: candidată — person running in an election
• Russian: кандида́т (kandidát) — person running in an election
• Russian: кандида́тка (kandidátka) — person running in an election
• Scottish Gaelic: tagraiche — person running in an election
• Serbo-Croatian: кандѝда̄т — person running in an election
• Serbo-Croatian: кандѝдаткиња — person running in an election
• Serbo-Croatian: kandìdāt — person running in an election
• Serbo-Croatian: kandìdatkinja — person running in an election
• Slovak: kandidát — person running in an election
• Slovak: kandidátka — person running in an election
• Slovene: kandidat — person running in an election
• Slovene: kandidatka — person running in an election
• Slovene: kandidatinja — person running in an election
• Spanish: candidato — person running in an election
• Spanish: candidata — person running in an election
• Swedish: kandidat — person running in an election
• Tagalog: halangad — person running in an election
• Tajik: номзад (nomzad) — person running in an election
• Tajik: кандидат (kandidat) — person running in an election
• Tamil: வேட்பாளர் (vēṭpāḷar) — person running in an election
• Thai: ผู้สมัคร (pûu-sà-màk) — person running in an election
• Turkish: aday — person running in an election
• Turkish: namzet — person running in an election
• Turkmen: dalaşgär — person running in an election
• Turkmen: kandidat — person running in an election
• Ukrainian: кандида́т (kandydát) — person running in an election
• Ukrainian: кандида́тка (kandydátka) — person running in an election
• Urdu: اُمِّیدْوار (ummīdvār) — person running in an election
• Urdu: اُمِّید وار (ummīd vār) — person running in an election
• Urdu: نامْزَد (nāmzad) — person running in an election
• Uyghur: كاندىدات (kandidat) — person running in an election
• Uyghur: نامزات (namzat) — person running in an election
• Uzbek: kandidat — person running in an election
• Uzbek: nomzod — person running in an election
• Vietnamese: ứng cử viên — person running in an election
• Volapük: steifädan — person running in an election
• Welsh: ymgeisydd — person running in an election
• Armenian: դիմող (dimoġ) — person who is applying for a job
• Armenian: հավակնորդ (havaknord) — person who is applying for a job
• Armenian: թեկնածու (tʻeknacu) — person who is applying for a job
• Bengali: চাকরিপ্রার্থী (cakriprarthi) — person who is applying for a job
• Bengali: খাস্তগীর (khastogir) — person who is applying for a job
• Bulgarian: кандидат (kandidat) — person who is applying for a job
• Bulgarian: кандидатка (kandidatka) — person who is applying for a job
• Dutch: kandidaat — person who is applying for a job
• Finnish: hakija — person who is applying for a job
• French: candidat — person who is applying for a job
• German: Kandidat — person who is applying for a job
• German: Kandidatin — person who is applying for a job
• Hindi: प्रत्याशी (pratyāśī) — person who is applying for a job
• Hindi: अभ्यर्थी (abhyarthī) — person who is applying for a job
• Hungarian: jelölt — person who is applying for a job
• Icelandic: umsækjandi — person who is applying for a job
• Icelandic: kandídat — person who is applying for a job
• Indonesian: pelamar kerja — person who is applying for a job
• Irish: iarrthóir — person who is applying for a job
• Malayalam: ഉദ്യോഗാർത്ഥി (udyōgāṟtthi) — person who is applying for a job
• Polish: kandydat — person who is applying for a job
• Polish: kandydatka — person who is applying for a job
• Welsh: ymgeisydd — person who is applying for a job
• Bengali: পরীক্ষার্থী (porikkharthi) — participant in an examination
• Bengali: খাস্তগীর (khastogir) — participant in an examination
• Bulgarian: кандидат (kandidat) — participant in an examination
• Bulgarian: кандидатка (kandidatka) — participant in an examination
• Catalan: candidat — participant in an examination
• Catalan: candidata — participant in an examination
• Dutch: examenkandidaat — participant in an examination
• German: Prüfungskandidat — participant in an examination
• German: Prüfungskandidatin — participant in an examination
• Hindi: अभ्यर्थी (abhyarthī) — participant in an examination
• Hungarian: jelölt — participant in an examination
• Hungarian: érettségiző — participant in an examination
• Irish: iarrthóir — participant in an examination
• Italian: candidato — participant in an examination
• Italian: candidata — participant in an examination
• Japanese: 受験生 (jukensei) — participant in an examination
• Korean: 수험생 (suheomsaeng) — participant in an examination
• Macedonian: кандида́т (kandidát) — participant in an examination
• Macedonian: кандида́тка (kandidátka) — participant in an examination
• Malayalam: പരീക്ഷാർത്ഥി (parīkṣāṟtthi) — participant in an examination
• Portuguese: candidato — participant in an examination
• Portuguese: candidata — participant in an examination
• Romanian: candidat — participant in an examination
• Romanian: candidată — participant in an examination
• Spanish: candidato — participant in an examination
• Spanish: candidata — participant in an examination
• Spanish: participante — participant in an examination
• Tamil: தேர்வர் (tērvar) — participant in an examination
• Bulgarian: кандидатирам се (kandidatiram se) — to stand as a candidate for an office
• French: candidater — to stand as a candidate for an office
• Bulgarian: предлагам (predlagam) — to make or name (something) a candidate
• Bulgarian: предложа (predloža) — to make or name (something) a candidate
• Italian: candidare — to make or name (something) a candidate