English

Etymology
From L. candidatus meaning "a person who is standing for public office", the perfect passive participle of the verb candidare, which in turn comes from candidus meaning "candid" or "white", in reference to Roman candidates wearing bleached white togas as a symbol of purity at a public forum.

Noun
en-noun

1. A person who is running in an election or who is applying to a position for a job.
2. A participant in an examination.

Derived terms
candidacy

Translations
trans-top|Person running in an election
Arabic: �رشح
Basque: kandidatu
Bulgarian: кандида� m, кандида�ка f
Chinese: ��人
Dutch: kandidaat m, kandidate f
Esperanto: kandidato
Finnish: t+|fi|ehdokas, t+|fi|kandidaatti
French: t+|fr|candidat|m, t+|fr|candidate|f
German: Kandidat m, Kandidatin f
Greek: t|el|��ο�ή�ιο�|m|sc=Grek (ypopsífios)
Hebrew: ��ע�� (mo'amad) m, ��ע��ת (mu'amedet) f
Indonesian: kandidat, calon
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Interlingua: candidato
Japanese: �� (���, k�ho)
Kurdish: t|ku|berbijar, t+|ku|namzet, t|ku|berendam, t|ku|kandîdat
Latin: candidatus m
Norwegian: kandidat
Russian: кандида�
Spanish: t+|es|candidato
Italian: t-|it|candidato
Turkish: aday
Volapük: steifädan
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trans-top|Participant in an examination
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Italian

Verb
candidate

1. form of|second-person|Second-person plural present tense|candidare#Italian|candidare|lang=Italian
2. form of|Second-person plural imperative|candidare#Italian|candidare|lang=Italian
3. form of|feminine|Feminine plural|candidato

Category:Italian past participle forms
Category:Italian verb forms

et:candidate
fr:candidate
gl:candidate
io:candidate
ku:candidate
pl:candidate
ru:candidate
fi:candidate
sv:candidate
ta:candidate
te:candidate
vi:candidate
tr:candidate
zh:candidate

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