candidate
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: biology
education
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
Etymology: 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).
Base: candidus
Affixes: -ātus
Inflected forms:
form: candidates
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A person who seeks to be elected or appointed to a position or privilege.
pos: noun
examples: Smith announced he was the party's candidate for the next election.
All candidates who miss the deadline or make a spelling mistake in their applications are automatically rejected.
Artiles, a Republican operative with a reputation for a foul mouth and sharp elbows, is accused of financing a sham candidate whose candidacy was intended to siphon votes from a legitimate Democratic candidate in a state Senate race in South Florida’s 37th District. The candidate has the same last name as then-Democratic incumbent Jose Javier Rodriguez but did not actively campaign for the seat and has since admitted being recruited as a spoiler.
gloss: A person who is thought likely or worthy to gain a position or privilege.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
gloss: A participant in an examination.
pos: noun
examples: Candidates must remain silent for the entirety of the exam.
gloss: Someone or something likely or suited to undergo or be chosen for a purpose.
pos: noun
examples: After being presented with various suitors, she decided none of the candidates were the kind of man she was looking for.
In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.
gloss: A student taking a degree who has finished the coursework but has other remaining requirements such as a dissertation.
pos: noun
examples: a Ph.D. candidate
gloss: The recipient of certain academic degrees, now mainly awarded in Scandinavia.
pos: noun
gloss: A gene which may play a role in a given disease.
pos: noun
Related words: candela
candelabrum
candid
candle
candlepower
candlestick
chandler
chandlery
Derived words: candidacy
candidate key
candidateship
candidature
captive candidate
darkhorse candidate
excandidate
Klandidate
Manchurian candidate
multicandidate
noncandidate
nuisance candidate
paper candidate
parachute candidate
precandidate
private candidate
release candidate
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: kandidat
lang: Albanian
word: kandidate
lang: Amharic
word: ተወዳዳሪ
roman: täwädadari
lang: Arabic
word: مُرَشَّح
roman: muraššaḥ
lang: Arabic
word: مُرَشَّحَة
roman: muraššaḥa
lang: Armenian
word: թեկնածու
roman: tʻeknacu
lang: Armenian
word: կանդիդատ
roman: kandidat
lang: Azerbaijani
word: namizəd
lang: Basque
word: kandidatu
lang: Belarusian
word: кандыда́т
roman: kandydát
lang: Belarusian
word: кандыда́тка
roman: kandydátka
lang: Bengali
word: প্রার্থী
roman: prarthi
lang: Bengali
word: খাস্তগীর
roman: khastogir
lang: Bulgarian
word: кандида́т
roman: kandidát
lang: Bulgarian
word: кандида́тка
roman: kandidátka
lang: Catalan
word: candidat
lang: Catalan
word: candidata
lang: Cherokee
word: ᎠᏙᎩᏯᏍᎩ
roman: adogiyasgi
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 候選人 /候选人
roman: hau⁶ syun² jan⁴
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 候補 /候补
roman: hau⁶ bou²
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 候選人 /候选人
roman: hòuxuǎnrén
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 候補 /候补
roman: hòubǔ
lang: Czech
word: kandidát
lang: Czech
word: kandidátka
lang: Danish
word: kandidat
lang: Dutch
word: kandidaat
lang: Dutch
word: kandidate
lang: Esperanto
word: kandidato
lang: Esperanto
word: kandidatino
lang: Estonian
word: kandidaat
lang: Faroese
word: valevni
lang: Finnish
word: ehdokas
lang: Finnish
word: kandidaatti
lang: French
word: candidat
lang: French
word: candidate
lang: Georgian
word: კანდიდატი
roman: ḳandidaṭi
lang: German
word: Kandidat
lang: German
word: Kandidatin
lang: German
word: Wahlbewerber
lang: German
word: Wahlbewerberin
lang: Greek
word: υποψήφιος
roman: ypopsífios
lang: Greek
word: υποψήφια
roman: ypopsífia
lang: Gujarati
word: ઉમેદવાર
roman: umedvār
lang: Hebrew
word: מועמד \ מָעֳמָד
roman: mo'omád
lang: Hebrew
word: מועמדת
roman: mo'omédet
lang: Hindi
word: प्रत्याशी
roman: pratyāśī
lang: Hindi
word: उम्मीदवार
roman: ummīdvār
lang: Hungarian
word: induló
lang: Icelandic
word: frambjóðandi
lang: Indonesian
word: kandidat
lang: Indonesian
word: calon
lang: Interlingua
word: candidato
lang: Irish
word: iarrthóir
lang: Italian
word: candidato
lang: Italian
word: candidata
lang: Japanese
word: 候補者
roman: kōhosha
lang: Japanese
word: 候補
roman: kōho
lang: Kazakh
word: үміткер
roman: ümıtker
lang: Kazakh
word: үмітшіл
roman: ümıtşıl
lang: Khmer
word: បេក្ខជន
roman: peekkhaʼcŭən
lang: Korean
word: 후보자
roman: huboja
lang: Korean
word: 후보
roman: hubo
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: berbijar
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: namzet
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: berendam
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: kandîdat
lang: Kyrgyz
word: кандидат
roman: kandidat
lang: Kyrgyz
word: талапкер
roman: talapker
lang: Lao
word: ຜູ້ສະໝັກ
roman: phū sa mak
lang: Latin
word: candidatus
lang: Latvian
word: kandidāts
lang: Latvian
word: kandidāte
lang: Lithuanian
word: kandidatas
lang: Lithuanian
word: kandidatė
lang: Macedonian
word: кандида́т
roman: kandidát
lang: Macedonian
word: кандида́тка
roman: kandidátka
lang: Malay
word: calon
lang: Malayalam
word: സ്ഥാനാർത്ഥി
roman: sthānāṟtthi
lang: Māori
word: kaiwhakauru
lang: Mongolian
word: дэвшигч
roman: devšigč
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠳᠡᠪᠰᠢᠭᠴᠢ
roman: debsiɣči
lang: Norman
word: candidat
lang: Norman
word: candidate
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: kandidat
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: kandidat
lang: Pashto
word: نامزد
roman: nāmzad
lang: Iranian Persian
word: کانْدیدا
roman: kândidâ
lang: Iranian Persian
word: نامْزَد
roman: nâmzad
lang: Polish
word: kandydat
lang: Polish
word: kandydatka
lang: Portuguese
word: candidato
lang: Portuguese
word: candidata
lang: Romanian
word: candidat
lang: Romanian
word: candidată
lang: Russian
word: кандида́т
roman: kandidát
lang: Russian
word: кандида́тка
roman: kandidátka
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: tagraiche
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: кандѝда̄т
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: кандѝдаткиња
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kandìdāt
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: kandìdatkinja
lang: Slovak
word: kandidát
lang: Slovak
word: kandidátka
lang: Slovene
word: kandidat
lang: Slovene
word: kandidatka
lang: Slovene
word: kandidatinja
lang: Spanish
word: candidato
lang: Spanish
word: candidata
lang: Swedish
word: kandidat
lang: Tagalog
word: halangad
lang: Tajik
word: номзад
roman: nomzad
lang: Tajik
word: кандидат
roman: kandidat
lang: Tamil
word: வேட்பாளர்
roman: vēṭpāḷar
lang: Thai
word: ผู้สมัคร
roman: pûu-sà-màk
lang: Turkish
word: aday
lang: Turkish
word: namzet
lang: Turkmen
word: dalaşgär
lang: Turkmen
word: kandidat
lang: Ukrainian
word: кандида́т
roman: kandydát
lang: Ukrainian
word: кандида́тка
roman: kandydátka
lang: Urdu
word: اُمِّیدْوار
roman: ummīdvār
lang: Urdu
word: اُمِّید وار
roman: ummīd vār
lang: Urdu
word: نامْزَد
roman: nāmzad
lang: Uyghur
word: كاندىدات
roman: kandidat
lang: Uyghur
word: نامزات
roman: namzat
lang: Uzbek
word: kandidat
lang: Uzbek
word: nomzod
lang: Vietnamese
word: ứng cử viên
lang: Volapük
word: steifädan
lang: Welsh
word: ymgeisydd
lang: Armenian
word: դիմող
roman: dimoġ
lang: Armenian
word: հավակնորդ
roman: havaknord
lang: Armenian
word: թեկնածու
roman: tʻeknacu
lang: Bengali
word: চাকরিপ্রার্থী
roman: cakriprarthi
lang: Bengali
word: খাস্তগীর
roman: khastogir
lang: Bulgarian
word: кандидат
roman: kandidat
lang: Bulgarian
word: кандидатка
roman: kandidatka
lang: Dutch
word: kandidaat
lang: Finnish
word: hakija
lang: French
word: candidat
lang: German
word: Kandidat
lang: German
word: Kandidatin
lang: Hindi
word: प्रत्याशी
roman: pratyāśī
lang: Hindi
word: अभ्यर्थी
roman: abhyarthī
lang: Hungarian
word: jelölt
lang: Icelandic
word: umsækjandi
lang: Icelandic
word: kandídat
lang: Indonesian
word: pelamar kerja
lang: Irish
word: iarrthóir
lang: Malayalam
word: ഉദ്യോഗാർത്ഥി
roman: udyōgāṟtthi
lang: Polish
word: kandydat
lang: Polish
word: kandydatka
lang: Welsh
word: ymgeisydd